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The '''Punjab Northern State Railway'''(PNSR) was formed between 1870 and 1871 to run from [[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]].Temporary line, opened c.1875
== Characteristics ==The route of what became the PNSR, was first surveyed in 1857 and years of political and military debate followed as described under '''[[Lahore & Peshawar Railway]]''' .
With othersFinally, following further exchanges, the Punjab Northern State Railway line was merged with constructed by the of Government of India([[Sind, Punjab and Delhi RailwayGovernment of India |GoI]] in 1886 to form the ). The '''North-Western Punjab Northern State Railway''' (later PNSR) was created in 1807-71 to construct and operate the raiway from [[Lahore]] to [[North Western RailwayPeshawar]]). The line was finally opened in 1876 and was the first railway in India to have been taken under GOI control.
== Records ==Several major bridges required construction to complete the PNSR line between from [[Lahore]] and [[Peshawar]]:-*[[Jhelum Bridge]], over the River Jhelum at Jelum, started in 1871 by the British engineer [[William St. John Galwey]] and opened in 1873 *[[Alexandra Bridge]], over the River Chenab between Wazirabad and Gujraat Pakistan. Construction started in 1871 and opened 1876 by Edward VII the King-Emperor when he was Prince of Wales.*[[Ravi Bridge]], over the River Ravi situated between Sadiq Pura, Lahore and Shahdara Bagh. The construction work on this bridge was started in 1871 and completed in 1876.
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[[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] was deployed from the Indian Imperial Civil Service's engineering section in 1873 as Consulting Engineer for the survey of the PNSR and the construction of various parts of that Railway and Bridges. He remained attached to the PNSR until 1878.
With others, the Punjab Northern State Railway was merged with the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] in 1886 to form the '''North-Western State Railway''' (later becoming the [[North Western Railway]]).
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 27 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
*R/V/24/3590; "Public Works Department: Railways" which includes "Administration report on the construction of the Punjab Northern State Railway, 1877/78 and 1878/79”
==Personnel Records==
There are no PNSR Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]].
However the following staff have been identified:-
*[[ Hugh Lewin Monk]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1870-73, to the PNSR.
*[[Frederick Lewis Dibblee]], 1879-80, PNSR Engineer-in-Chief, Jhelum division; later Superintending Engineer, Rawal-Pindi(Rawalpindi) section.
== External links References == [http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee<references /index.htm Frederick Dibblee, MICE], Engineer-in-Chief, later Superintending Engineer, PNSR (1879-1880).>
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