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The line was worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) and taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925.
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The '''Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway'''(DKR) Company was formed in 1889. The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line ran north from [[Delhi]] via [[Umballa]]+(Ambala) to [[Kalka ]] in the Himalayan foothills where it joined there was a connection to the DKR owned [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in 1903.
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<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n68/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 60]; Retrieved 2 Feb 2016</ref>
The DKR Company signed a contact in 1898 with GoI for BG line was worked by the construction [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) and working taken over by the Government of a 2ft/610mm narrow gaugeIndia([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_GaugeGovernment of India |NGGoI]]) line from [[Kalka]] to [[Simla]]. The line was opened to traffic in 1903 and as a result of high capital cost and high maintenance cost the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company was by 1904 in severe financial crisis. The Kalka-Simla Railway was purchased by GoI in January 1906. The line was later converted to 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge1925.
+Note: '''Umballa''' ''is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.'' <blockquote>'''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .'' </blockquote>
''None of these three place names appear in the [[Gazetteers#Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India|The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] 1908 which is normally taken to be the definitive source''
