Difference between revisions of "Delhi Railway"

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Delhi Railway appears to be a description of the railway, rather than a specific railway.

Further research is required by examination of records at IOR listed below.

In 1870, the Scinde Railway Company and Indus Flotilla Company were amalgamated with the Punjab Railway and renamed as the Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway Company.

An on-line search of the IOR records using search ‘Delhi Railway’ ^[1] gives many references. The most relevant being:-

Z/E/4/23/D285 “Delhi, Railway, proposed line to Calcutta; 1852-53” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/818, pp505-10
Z/E/4/23/D285 “Delhi, Railway, proposed line to Calcutta; 1852-1853”
Z/E/4/24/D251 “Delhi, Railway, Kurnaul to, opening of; 1853-1854” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/821, p1180
Z/E/4/24/D248 “Delhi, Railway, Allahabad to, constructed by East India Railway Company; 1853-54” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/822, pp536-538
Z/E/4/30/D176 “Delhi, Railway, Construction of, to Shekoabad; 1857” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/845, pp1090-1093
L/F/8/10/845 “Scind Railway Company, Contract for the construction of the Delhi Railway; 1863”
L /AG/46/17 “Records of the Scinde, Punjab, Delhi Railway Company; 1870”

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 ''Further research is required by examination of records at IOR listed below.''
-In 1870, the [[Scinde Railway]] Company and [[Indus Flotilla]] Company were amalgamated with the [[Punjab Railway]] and renamed as the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] Company.
+In 1870, the [[Scinde Railway]] Company and [[Indus Flotilla]] Company were amalgamated with the [[Punjab Railway]] and renamed as the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]] Company.
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