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|company8details= [[Southern Punjab Railway]]
|company9=]|company9details= [[Kalka-Simla Railway]]]
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|headquarters= [[Lahore]]
|workshop= [[Lahore|Lohore(Moghalpura)]], [[Karachi]], [[Multan]], [[Saharanpur]]<br>''see also'' [[NWR Railway Workshops]]
|stations= [[Amritsar]], [[Ferozepore]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Meerut]], [[Multan]], [[Peshawar]], [[Quetta]], [[Rawalpindi]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Sibi]]
|system1date= 1947
Later renamed the [[North Western Railway]], by 1905 it was the longest railway under one administration and the strategic railway of the north-west frontier. In 1947, one part became the nucleus of [[Pakistan Railways|Pakistan's railways]], with 4976 of the old system's 6861 miles lying within the new state; the part lying in India was reorganised and renamed as [[Eastern Punjab Railway]].
==NWR North Western Railway - Lines, Branches operated and Extensionsworked==In addition to the main line sections the following are significant :-*[[KhanaiNorth_Western_Railway_-Hindubagh Railway]], opened 1921. Part of the _Lines_operated_and_worked|''See seperate page for full details'' '''NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge, [[Zhob Valley Railway]] network; construction commenced 1916.*[[Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway]]. Opened 1903 as a military railway; part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network, extended 1908.*[[Lahore & Peshawar Railway]], opened c.1882. Main-line section constructed Lines operated and worked by NWR.*[[Mari-Attock Railway''']], opened 1891. Opened as part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network.*[[Mari Indus Railway]]. Constructed in 1920's as part of NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network.*[[Mushkaf<br>Comprising:-Bolan Railway]]. Under construction 1894, in service with NWR 1898; alternative to the [[Sind-Pishin State Railway]] route*[[PattiNorth_Western_Railway_-Kasur Railway]]. In operation 1909-10; extension of NWR_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Commercial_Section_BG|'''s [[Amritsar-Patti Railway]].*[[Quetta-Nushki Branch Line]], opened on November 15, 1905. An extension NWR Military Commercial Section from [[Quetta]] to [[Nushki''']]. The line was extended from 1916 to respond to Military demands – see [[Trans-Baluchistan Railway]] for details*[[SirhindNorth_Western_Railway_-Rupar Railway]]_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Military. Constructed by NWR and in operation before 1927*[[ Wazirabad-Multan Railway]], under survey in 1892 and construction in 1894, becoming part of the NWR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge2FStrategic_Section|BG]]) main line.*[[Zhob Valley Railway]], opened 1921. Part of '''NWR Northern Frontier narrow gauge network; finally extended from Boston to Zhob , 1929 ==Railways absorbed into NWR==*[[Amritsar-Pathankot Railway]], opened 1883-84. Merged into NWR c.1892*[[Hoshiarpur Doab Railway]](HDR), opened 1915. Private Co; first section opened 1915; network of lines all worked and apparantly finally absorbed by NWR**[[Jullundur-Doab Railway]], opened 1912. **[[Jullundur-Mukerian Railway]], opened 1914-15. **[[Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway]], opened before 1914. **[[Jaijon Extension Railway]], opened before 1920. **[[Phagwara-Rahon Railway]], opened 1915-16. *[[Jammu and Kashmir Railway]], opened 1897. Part of NWR from 1891; 16 mile section opened 1897*[[Jammu-Sialkot Railway]], opened 1897 as part of NWR network*[[Kandahar State Railway]], opened c.1881, ran only to Rindli never to Kandhar, merged into NWR, 1886*[[Quetta Link Railway]]. A strategic line constructed by [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]](SP&DR) from 1880 and opened 1887 when merged with NWR.*[[Shahdara-Narowal Railway]], opened 1926. Opened as part of NWR network*[[Shorekot Road-Chichoki Railway]]. Survey & Construction 1906-10; opened as part of NWR*[[Sialkot-Narowal Railway]], opened in 1915 as part of NWR network*[[Southern Punjab Railway]], opened 1897. Worked by NWR; line aquired by State and merged into NWR, 1930*[[Suchetgarh-Jammu Railway]]. Opened 1890 as a Kashir Durbar line, worked by NWR and incorporated into [[Jammu-Sialkot Railway]] *[[Sutlej Valley Railway]], opened 1910. Merged into SPR, 1917-18; aquired by State and merged into NWR, 1930*[[Trans Indus (Kalabagh-Bannu) Railway]]. Opened 1913; extended 1916-22; worked and finally merged into NWR*[[Trans-Baluchistan Railway]], opened 1905. Strategic Military line between India and Persia (now Iran); worked by NWR**[[Nushki Extension Railway]]. Extension of [[Trans-Baluchistan Railway]]; construction commenced 1916; ; worked by NWR ==Lines worked by NWR at some time==*[[Aden Railway]], opened 1915-16. Constructed as a military railway, worked by NWR under designated Section''Engineer-in-charge'. Closed 1929*[[Amritsar-Patti Railway]], opened 1906. Private Co formed 1905; Worked by NWR*[[BahawalnagarNorth_Western_Railway_-Fort Abbas Railway]], opened 1928. A Durbar line financed by princely state of Bahawalpur; worked by NWR*[[Dandot Light Railway]], opened 1905. Short Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge_Lines_operated_and_worked#Narrow_GaugeNWR_Narrow_Gauge_System|NG]]) colliary Branch, worked by NWR*[[Jacobabad-Kashmore Railway]], opened 1911; worked by '''NWR; purchased by GoI,1945*[[Jind-Panipat Railway]], Indian State Section, opened 1916-17. Originally worked by EIR; later by North Western Railway *[[Kalka-Simla Railway]], opened 1902. Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway built and worked by private company; taken over by Government of India([[Government of India |GoISystem''']]), 1906 and worked by NWR*[[Kangra Valley Railway]], opened 1929. Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gaugeNorth_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) mountain railway; worked by NWR; one section closed in 1942 (reopened 1954)NWR_System_.*[[Khanpur-Chachran Railway]], opened 1911E2. Owned by Bahawalpur Durbar; worked by NWR; also with Bahawalnagar-Fort Abbas Railway*[[Khyber Railway]], opened 192580. A strategic line from India to Afganistan via Khyber Pass; worked by 93_BG_Lines_Worked_as_part_of_the_NWR_System|'''NWR*[[Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway]], opened 1921, worked by System – BG Lines Worked as part of the NWR*[[Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal RailwaySystem''']], opened 1901; owned by Jind & Kotia Durbar; constructed and worked by NWR*[[Mandra Bhaun Railway]], opened in 1915 and worked by NWR*[[Nowshera-Durgai Railway]], opened 1901, worked by NWR*[[Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway]], opened 1884. Owned by Patalia Durbar; worked by NWR; formerly [[Rajpura-Pattiala Railway]] ==Railways surveyed by NWR==*[[Bannu Railway Survey]]. Under Survey in 1909 (ref 1909 India List) by NWR on behalf of Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]), but no evidence that it was constructed
==NWR Coal Supplies==
== Institutions ==
*[[Schools#F|North Western Railway School]], Fairlawn, [[Mussoorie]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20170519215908/http://www.panoramio.com/photo/54984118 Picture of the teachers and students of St. Andrew School, Pakistan Railways (then NWR) at Lahore, set up in the late 19th century] panoramio.com, now archived.
==Recommended reading==
Monthly staff magazine. Some editorial content published in Urdu . No BL holdings. 2 copies (November 1942, December 1945) are held in the Berridge Papers, [[University of Cambridge - Centre of South Asian Studies|Cambridge South Asian Archive]].
==External Linkslinks==
*Terry Case, [http://members.tripod.com/shankardubai/nwrhome.htm ''North Western Railway'']. Includes a section about [http://shankardubai.tripod.com/halwaters.htm Hal Waters] (refer photograph album above)
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20130127073836/http://pakistaniat.com/2010/03/01/journeys-to-remember-quetta-lahore-by-rail-in-1925/ Quetta to Lahore by Rail 1925] ''All Things Pakistan'', now an archived website
*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/contribute-memories/read-contributions/life-back-then/350-breakup-of-the-north-western-railway-and-the-anglo-indian-community "Breakup of the North Western Railway and the Anglo-Indian community"] by Kenneth Hugh Staynor. indiaofthepast.org
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20161118040346/http://www.panoramio.com/user/4789607/tags/British%20Steam%20Locomotives Images of British Steam Locomotives used by North Western Railways] Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of , now archived. *[httphttps://wwwweb.panoramioarchive.comorg/web/user20170520190736/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection)*[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/55027511 An old photograph of a Railway Inspection trolley with removeable sailboard used on NWR Hyderabad-Kotri, Sindh, Pakistan]. Ghilzai:panoramio.com (part of [http://www, now archived.panoramio.com/user/4789607?comment_page=1&photo_page=1 this] collection)
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum/5044010710/in/set-72157625077918924 Photograph of Troops travelling by train] taken by Private J W Linley of the 2nd Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment compiled whilst serving in India 1923-1938. flickr.com/photos/northampton_museum
===Historical books online===
