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'''Dandot Branch Line''' first opened in 1883 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from Chalisa Junction on the mainline to the [[Khewra Salt Mines Tramway|Khewra Salt Mines]] and extended to Dandot, a total of 8.5 miles(13.6km), as part of the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]](PNSR) network. The line was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in Aug 1887 to connect the [[Khewra Salt Mines Tramway|Khewra Salt Mines]] to Chalisa Junction on the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) network, which by that time was a fully BG. The extension to Dandot from Khewra, 2.1 miles(3.4km), was converted to BG in Aug 1889 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n116/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 108 (pdf116) ]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref>.
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'''Dandot Light Railway''' was a short 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) integrated system incorporating an incline, built to connect the 'Dandot Colliery' , in the [[Jhelum District]], to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) network by way of the '[[Dandot Branch Line]]'.
'''Dandot Colliery''' was owned by and supplied coal to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and opened in 1894. The other collieries supplying NWR were the [[Sharigh Colliery]], the [[Khost Colliery Tramway|Khost Colliery ]] <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref> and the [[Bhaganwala Colliery Railway|Bhaganwala Colliery]] <ref name =PP14>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry PP14 page ....</ref>.
'''Dandot Light Railway''' was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) system, it ran along the outcrop of the coal seam for about 8 miles(13km). The coal was taken in trains of 12 two ton wagons to a central station at the top and using the 'Dandot Incline' to the plains below <ref name =PP15>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry PP15 page ....</ref>.
