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Jammu and Kashmir Railway

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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 (26km) line opened in 1890 linking [[Sialkot]] to [[Jammu]] and was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) as part of their network.‘Tawi Branch Line’<refname=Admin>[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 201622 an 2017</ref>. The [[North Western Railway - Lines operated and worked|NWR ‘Tawi Branch Line’]], was completed in 1890. The 26 miles(42km) from [[Wazirabad]] to [[Sialkot]], had opened 1884. Extended by NWR in 1890 by 9 miles(14km) to the ‘Frontier of Kashmir State’ where the [[Jammu and Kashmir Railway]] continued the railway a further 16 miles(26km) to the ‘Left Bank of the Tawi River near [[Jammu]]’ <ref name=Admin/>. The 25 mile(40km)section is in some records referred to as the [[Jammu-Sialkot Railway]]. The complete line from [[Wazirabad]] to [[Jammu]], a total of 51 miles(82km) was part of the NWR network until partition when the line was severed. The section within Kasmir State becoming the [[Suchetgarh-Jammu Railway]] .
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