Sind Railway
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
- The Scinde railway, and its relations to the Euphrates valley, and other routes to India by W P Andrews, Chairman of the Scinde Railway Company 1856 Google Books
- Report of proceedings of an extraordinary general meeting of the Scinde Railway Company, held on Friday the 24th July, 1857 Google Books
- Brunton, John, Description of the Line and Works of the Scinde Railway. 1863. Available in Full View Google Books or pdf from Panhwar.com
Articles
- Karachi to Kotri: The First Railways in Pakistan. 17/09/2009. All things Pakistan, now an archived website
- 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.