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== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazilka_railway_station "Fazilka railway station"] Wikipedia
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[[File:Southern Punjab Railway Map 1909.png|thumb| '''Delhi-Samasata Railway''']]The '''Delhi-Samasata Railway''' was broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line thatopened in 1897 by the [[Southern Punjab Railway| ‘Southern Punjab Railway’ Company’]] Company(SPR) connecting [[Delhi]] with [[Samasata]] via [[Bhatinda]].
The line passed through [[Muktasar]] and [[Fazilka]] and provided direct connection through [[railway formed the SPR ’Delhi-Samasata]] Mainline’, opened Nov 1897, 399 miles(now in Pakistan642km) to <ref name=Admin>[[Karachi]https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n129/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 120-26 (pdf129-134)]. ; Retrieved 30 Apr 2020</ref>
The terminus of the SPR at [[Macleodganj RailwaySamasata]] extension from was an interchange junction with the [[MacleodganjNorth Western Railway]] (later renamed Mandi Sadiqganj and now in PakistanNWR) to - [[Lahore-Karachi Mainline]] . At Bahawalpur it ran alongside the NWR track as far as terminus at [[LudhianaSamasata]] was opened by <ref>British Library*L/F/8/14/1003/1; “Messrs. Ogilvy, Gillanders and Company, Agreement for the formation of a company for the SPR construction of a railway from Delhi to Samasata in 1905.connection with the North Western State Railway “29 Jul 1895 </ref>
==Records==
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref> gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/14/1003/2 ''' “Southern Punjab Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of the Delhi-Samasata Railway; 1895”
==Further Information==
