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The '''Jammu and Kashmir Railway''' was a short broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kashmir|Kashmir State]] Durbar. The 16 mile line opened in 1890 linking [[Sialkot]] to [[Jammu]] and was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) as part of their network.
The '''Jammu and Kashmir Railway''' was a short broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kashmir|Kashmir State]] Durbar. The 16 mile line opened in 1890 linking [[Sialkot]] to [[Jammu]] and was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) as part of their network.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n121/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 113]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n121/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 113]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 7 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*R/2/1061/5; "File No.54 of 1888. Railway from Sialkot to Jammu"; 1888


==Further Information==
==Further Information==

Revision as of 09:42, 7 April 2016

Jammu and Kashmir Railway
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Line of route
Sialkot to Jammu
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 16 miles (1905)
Timeline
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations
System agency
Worked by North Western Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Jammu and Kashmir Railway was a short broad gauge(BG) branch financed by the Princely Kashmir State Durbar. The 16 mile line opened in 1890 linking Sialkot to Jammu and was worked by North Western Railway(NWR) as part of their network. [1]

Records

An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives the following:-

  • R/2/1061/5; "File No.54 of 1888. Railway from Sialkot to Jammu"; 1888

Further Information

See North Western Railway

References