Jagadhri Light Railway
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The Jagadhri Light Railway was a privately owned enterprise (by the Raja family of Jagadhri ) named the "Jagadhri Light Railway Company Limited ".
The 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) line opened in 1911 between the mainline railway station at Jagadhri(Yamunanagar) to Matka Chowk (Gaushala) in old Jagadhri town , a distance of 3 miles(5 km). [1] [2]
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 [3].
The line closed in 1950 when it stopped operations.
Classification
Indian Railway Classification of 1926 - Class III railway system.
References
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 247; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016
- ↑ Punjab and Jalandhar Infomation "Light Railway of Jagadhri - Centenary in 2011", 6 Dec 2010; Retrieved 14 Jan 2016
- ↑ 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 286 pdf 329; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020
