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SPR Network of Lines including Lines Managed and Worked

The listings below are generally based on the “Administration Report on Railways 1918” with page numbers (and pdf pages) noted at the end of each entry.

SPR Mainline and branches BG Total line length 426 miles(685km). Page 121(pdf 130)

• ’Delhi-Samasata Mainline’, Delhi via Narwana, Jakhal, Bhatinda to Samasata, opened 1897, 399 miles(642km)
  • ’Delhi Brewery Branch Line’, opened 1909, 0.8 mile(1.3km)
  • ’Narwana-Kaithal Branch Line’, opened 1899, from Narwana to Kaithal, 23 miles(37km)
  • ’Jind City Branch Line’, from Jind Junction to Jind City, opened 1916, 2.5 miles(4km)

Jullundur-Doab Extension Railway BG Total line length 130 miles(209km). Page 123(pdf132)

• ’Jullunder-Ferozepore Mainline, Jullunder via Karpurthala, Sultanpur Lodi, Lohian Khas, Gidarpind, Makhu to Ferozepore Cantonment, opened 1912-14, 73 miles(117km)
  • ’Phillaur Branch Line’, Lohian Khas to Phillaur, opened 1913, 39 miles(63km)
  • ’Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway known as the ‘Nakodar Branch Line’, Jullunder to Nakodar, opened 1914, 19 miles(30km)

Ludhiana Extension Railway BG Total line length 152 miles(244km). Page 123(pdf132)

• ’Ludhiana-Ferozepore Line’, Ludhiana to Ferozepore, opened 1905, 77 miles(124km)
• ’Ferozepore-MacLeod Ganj Line’, Ferozepore to McLeod Ganj (a suburb of Dharamsala), opened 1906, 75 miles(120km)

Sutlej Valley Extension Railway BG Total line length 208 miles(335km). Pages 124-5(pdf135-6)

• Kasur-Lodhran Railway, Kasur to Lodhran, opened 1910, closed and dismantled 1917-18, 208 miles(335km)

Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway BG Total line length 79 miles(127km). Page 115(pdf124)

• Ludhiana via Dhuri to Jakhal, opened 1901. Managed, maintained and worked by North Western Railway (NWR) under an Agreement with the Princely Maler Kotla State Durbar and the Jhind State Durbars. The line was used by SPR linking the ’Delhi-Samasata Mainline’ at Jakhal with 'Ludhiana Extension Railway' at Ludhiana.