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'Punjab Northern State Railway' info added, 1886
'''Railway Board'''
The ownership of the Railways, progressively from 1868 1886 onwards, was acquired by the Government of India. The management and organisation of these acquired Railways was delegated to the [[Public Works Department]] - Railway Branch. The [[Punjab Northern State Railway]] was, in 1886, the first railway in India to be nationalised.
In 1901, on the recommendations of the Sir Thomas Robertson Committee regarding the administration and working of the railways, an early version of the railway board was constituted, with three members serving on it at first. In 1905, its powers were formalised by the GoI. It consisted a Government Railway official, who was the Chairman of the Board, a Railway Manager from England and an Agent of a Company Railway <ref name=WikiRB>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway_Board Wikipedia "Railway Board”]; Retrieved on 22 Jun2016</ref>.
