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The '''Hardwar-Dehra Railway''' (HDR) was a short 32 mile, privately-owned, assisted broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branchline worked by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] (O&RR), and which connected with the O&RR spur from [[Lhaksar]] Junction.
<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 134]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/15/1030 ''' “Messrs. Gillanders, Arbuthnot and Company, (Calcutta), Agreement for the formation of the Hardwar-Dehra Branch Railway Company Limited; 1897”
*'''L /F/8/18/1397 ''' “Hardwar-Dehra Branch Railway Company Limited, Agreement modifying terms of working agency agreement of 26 March 1897 as to half-yearly dates for making up accounts ; 1915”
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
