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The '''Jammu and Kashmir Railway''' was a short broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kashmir|Kashmir State]] Durbar. The 16 mile line opened in 1890 linking [[Sialkot]] to [[Jammu]] and was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR) as part of their network.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n121/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 113]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 7 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*R/2/1061/5; "File No.54 of 1888. Railway from Sialkot to Jammu"; 1888
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