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+ Note:The [[Thanesar-Kaithal Railway|'''UmballaThanesar-Kaithal Branch''' - ''is used in this text as it was the name of the Railway Company.see separate page'']] ran from Kurukshetra on the DKR, 30 miles(48km), opened in Dec 1910 <blockquoteref name=Admin/>'''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .''
''None Taken over by the [[Government of India ]]([[Government of these three place names appear India |GoI]]) in 1925 <ref name=GovUK>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 IOR "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9"]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</ref> and the working transferred to the [[Gazetteers#Imperial_Gazetteer_of_India|The Imperial Gazetteer North Western Railway]](NWR) on 1 Apr 1926 <ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India– Railway Department’ page 151 pdf 190]] 1908 which ; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</ref>. '''Note'''<br>+ '''Umballa''' ''is normally taken to be used in this text as it was the name of the definitive sourceRailway Company.''</blockquotebr> + '''Amballa''' ''and'' '''Ambala''' ''are also recorded in different documents as various spellings .''
*[[Herbert Septimus Harington]] was Chief Engineer of the DKR and also the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] from about 1904 to 1908 <ref name=Grace>[https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Herbert_Septimus_Harington ‘Grace’s Guide/Inst of Mechanical Engineers Obituary 1914’ “'Herbert Septimus Harington” ] Retrieved on 21 Nov 2018</ref>.
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‘Further Information’and NWR info added
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 [[Ambala|Umballa]]+(Ambala) +]] to [[Kalka]] in the Himalayan foothills where there was a connection to the DKR owned [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in 1903 <ref name=name/>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n68/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 60]; Retrieved 24 Dec 2017</ref>.
Construction of the 161 mile(243km) stated in May 1889 and opened in March 1891. The BG line was initially worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR)<ref name=Admin>[https://archive. Taken over by org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n68/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Government Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of India([[Government of India |GoI Printing, Calcutta; page 60]]) in 1925 and the working transferred to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR); Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</ref>.
==Records==
*[[Alexander Izat]] joined the Board of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway(DKR) Company in 1902, and also the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]] Company. This in addition to being a Director of the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR) from 1883. He retired from India in 1904 <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alexander_Izat Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"]; Retrieved on 7 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Robert Atwell Way]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]] - [[State Railways]] as 'on loan to the Delhi-Amballa-Kalka Company in 1889' <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA642 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 642 (pdf page 605 )] Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>; this is confirmed by the 1890 Civil List <ref> “India Civil List” 1890, page 41</ref>.
==External Links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Delhi-Kalka Line"] Wikipedia
==Further Information==
See [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_absorbed_into_EIR|'''East Indian Railway BG Lines Worked''']] up to 1925
<br>and [[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#Lines_worked_by_NWR_at_some_time|'''North Western Railways Lines Worked''']] from 1926
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