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North Western Railway

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Railways absorbed into NWR: data added, links checked
==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
*[[Kandhar(Qandhar) 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 Darbar 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==
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