North Western Railway
| North Western Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
| [[Image:|150px| ]] | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Karachi to Quetta Karachi to Lahore Lahore to Delhi Lahore to Peshawar | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 3186 miles (1905) | |
| 6861 miles (1947) | ||
| Timeline | ||
| 1886 | Formed by merger of several smaller railways | |
| 1930 | Southern Punjab Railway merged into NWR | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | ||
| System agency | ||
| 1886 | Worked by North Western Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
| North Western Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
 North Western Railway device | ||
| System timeline | ||
| 1886 | State owned and State worked | |
| Constituent companies / lines | ||
| 1886 | North Western Railway | |
| Dandot Light Railway | ||
| Jammu and Kashmir Railway | ||
| Khushalgarh-Kohat-Thal Railway | ||
| Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway | ||
| Nowshera-Durgai Railway | ||
| Rajpura-Bhatinda Railway | ||
| Southern Punjab Railway | ||
| Key locations | ||
| Headquarters | Lahore | |
| Workshops | Moghalpura | |
| Major Stations | Amritsar, Ferozepore, Hyderabad, Meerut, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Rawalpindi, Saharanpur, Sibi | |
| Successor system / organisation | ||
| 1947 | [West] Pakistan Railways | |
| 1947 | East Punjab Railway (Indian Railways) | |
| 1952 | Northern Railway (IR zone) | |
| System mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 3890 miles (1905) | |
| Narrow (2' 6") gauge | 132 miles (1905) | |
| Narrow (2' 0") gauge | 6 miles (1905) | |
| Associated auxiliary force | ||
| North-Western Railway Battalion | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The North-Western State Railway (NWR) 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..
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.
Records
There are no Staff agreements held at the British Library in the India Office Records.
