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Work The '''[[Karachi-Kotri (Indus River) Railway]]''' work commenced in April 1858 and on 13 May 1861 succeeded in connecting Karachi to Kotri. This was the first railway line for public traffic between Karachi City and Kotri, a distance of 108 miles (174 km).
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<ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>
<ref> [http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Scinde_Railway Grace’s Guide “Scinde Railway”] Retrieved on 2 January 2016</ref>
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_Pakistan History of Rail Transport in Pakistan] wikipedia
== Records ==Refer 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 8 Apr 2016</ref>gives the following:-*Z/E/4/25/I53; “Indus River, Railway line to be constructed from Karachi to a point on.”; 1854-55* Z/E/4/25/R766; “Rivers, Indus, Railway line to be constructed from Karachi to a point on.”; 1854-55 == Further Information ==See '''[[Karachi-Kotri (Indus River) Railway]]''' for period up to 1861. and '''[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]''' following amalgamation in 1885.
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