Sind Railway

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The Sind Railway was formed in 1856 to facilitate "the construction and working of a line in Sind. from Kurrachee [ Karachi ] to the river Indus at Kotree - total, about 120 miles. Capital - 1,000,000l. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent." 1 John Brunton was the chief resident engineer hired to supervise it.


Characteristics

The Sind Railway was built to broad gauge and was one of the original guaranteed railways. Early on, it merged with the Punjab Railway and the Indus Flotilla to form the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway.


Further Reading

Brunton, John, The Diary of John Brunton, Engineer, East India Railway Company, Karchi: City Press, 1997. ISBN 99-8380-03-5. (Reprint version). Originally printed by Cambridge University Press, 1939. The Introduction to the book is available in Preview Google Books


Online

Books


Articles


  • Mughal, Owais, Start of Pakistan Railways. 17/09/2009. Light within

Records

Refer to the Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway.


Notes

1 "Money Market and City Intelligence", The Times, Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.