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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Karachi]] to [[Quetta]]<br>[[Karachi]] to [[Lahore]]<br>[[Lahore]] to [[Delhi]]<br>[[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 31866 miles (1905)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details= 6861 miles (1947)
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|gauge4=
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|timeline1date= 1886
|timeline1details= Formed by merger of several smaller railways
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations=
|system1date= 1886
|system1details= Worked by [[North Western Railway]]
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{{System_Railways_Infobox
|image= North_Western_Railway_logo.jpg
|caption= ''North Western Railway device''
|timeline1date= 1886
|timeline1details= State owned and State worked
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|company1= 1886
|company1details= [[North Western Railway]]
|company2=
|company2details= [[Dandot Light Railway]]
|company3=
|company3details= [[Jammu and Kashmir Railway]]
|company4=
|company4details= [[Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway]]
|company5=
|company5details= [[Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway]]
|company6=
|company6details= [[Nowshera-Durgai Railway]]
|company7=
|company7details= [[Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway]]
|company8=
|company8details= [[Southern Punjab Railway]]
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|headquarters= [[Lahore]]
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|system1date= 1947
|system1details= [West] Pakistan Railways
|system2date= 1947
|system2details= East Punjab Railway (Indian Railways)
|system3date= 1952
|system3details= Northern Railway (IR zone)
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 3890 miles (1905)
|gauge2= Narrow (2' 6") gauge
|gauge2details= 132 miles (1905)
|gauge3= Narrow (2' 0") gauge
|gauge3details= 6 miles (1905)
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|auxillary forces= [[North-Western Railway Battalion]]
}}
The '''North-Western State Railway''' was formed in January 1886 from the merger of the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] , the [[Indus Valley State Railway]] and the [[Punjab Northern State Railway]]..
== Characteristics History ==
Later renamed the [[North Western Railway]], by 1905 it was the longest railway under one administration and it became the strategic railway of the north-wset frontier. In 1947, it became the nucleus of Pakistan's railways, with 4976 of its 6861 miles.
