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Originally built As a result of high capital cost and worked by a private company, high maintenance cost the line Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company was opened in 1903 as a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway1904 in severe financial crisis. Following the decision of the Imperial General Staffs to standardise, wherever possible, on a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), the track was so converted in 1905.
→History: Additional info added and 'Records' heading with references
== History ==
The Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company signed a contact in 1898 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.
The KSR was taken over by the Government in January 1906 and later worked by the [[North Western Railway]].<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n135/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 127]; Retrieved 18 Dec 201519 Nov 2016</ref>
The KSR remains one of the longest narrow gauge railway lines still operated by [[Indian Railways]].
==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 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 19 Nov 2016</ref> gives 7 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/15/1040 ''' “Umballa Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the construction of the Kalka-Simla Railway; 1898”
*'''L/F/8/16/1167 ''' “Delhi, Umballa, Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the sale and purchase of the Kalka-Simla Railway; 1906”
*'''L/F/8/16/1106 ''' “Delhi Umalla Kalka Railway Company Limited, Contract for the advance of funds for the completion of the Kalka Simla Railway; 1903”
*'''L/AG/46/9 ''' “Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company; 1898-1907”
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