Rupar-Nalagarh Provincial State Railway

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The Rupar-Nalagarh Provincial State Railway was opened in 1883 as line for construction of Sirhind Canal in Ambala District .

The line ran between Doraha, via Rupar to Nalagarh, a distance of 54 miles(86km).

The Sirhand Canal required sandstone obtained from a quarry near Nalagarh, and the mortar was manufactured of bricks from the ruins of Sirhind and lime from kankar quarries at Patarheri, a village a few miles from Rupar. A railway line 54 miles long was constructed from Doraha to the Nalagarh quarries to carry material, but the line was taken up shortly after completion of the canal in 1884-85. [1]


References

  1. [1] Ambala District Gazetteer, 1923-24; page 9(pdf page 16)