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<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 National Archives "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Wikipedia Delhi-Kalka Line"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/cf5560ec-acde-43c8-bc60-3c70300a2f43 National Archives "Branch line from Thanesar to Kaithal". IOR/L/F/8/17/1234]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VE71IqAC0YYC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=Thanesar-Kaithal+Branch+Railway&source=bl&ots=Kqg80eSgWS&sig=mD15h4UNOdgftFsD3jCJgvbRqwA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwA2oVChMIocqV65qXyQIVhJUOCh3ugwGW#v=onepage&q=Thanesar-Kaithal%20%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Haryana: Past and Present" by Suresh K Sharma c.1912]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>The DKR Company signed a contact in 1909 with the GoI for the construction and working of the '''[[Thanesar-Kaithal Railway]]''' line. This branch was operating in 1912 making [[Kaithal]] an important trading centre. This line was worked by the EIR and taken over by the 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 the [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]. <ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 National Archives "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company" IOR/L/AG/46/9]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Wikipedia Delhi-Kalka Line"]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 69]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
The line was worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) and taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925.
The DKR Company signed a contact in 1898 with GoI for the construction and working of a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) 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 gauge.
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