Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
The Hoshiarpur Doab Railway was a private company (The Hoshiarpur-Doab Branch Railway Company), that opened a series of railway lines from 1912 through to 1920. All these lines were worked by North Western Railway(NWR) [1] [2]
- Jullundur-Doab Railway, opened 1912. Apparently this railway could have originally been been part of Southern Punjab Railway(SPR) and then renamed to form the Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
- Jullundur-Mukerian Railway, metre gauge(MG), 44 miles (70km), opened 1914-15. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway; which was renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway[1]
- Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway, opened after 1914. Part of Jullundur-Doab Railway); renamed Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
- Phagwara-Rahon Railway,metre gauge(MG), 25 miles (40km), opened 1915-16 as part of Hoshiarpur Doab Railwayand extended in 1917 by a further 10 miles (16km).[1]
- Jaijon Extension Railway, opened before 1920 as part of Hoshiarpur Doab Railway
The network of lines were all worked and apparently finally absorbed by North Western Railway(NWR)
Very little information has been found – any contributions gratefully received.
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -
- L /F/8/19/1427 “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways Company Limited, Indenture between the parties; 1917
- L/F/8/20/1658 “Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to indenture dated 21st February 1917; 1922
- L/AG/46/34/1 “Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State, including those relating to the following lines worked by the Company, 1893-1924: Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway; Sialkot-Narowal Railway; Upper Sind Light Railway; Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways; 1893-1924” Note – this may include above.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 111 ; Retrieved 24 Jan 2016
- ↑ Forgotten Books "Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: Their History" ... p.204-5.; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016