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Shahdara (Delhi) link added; 1909 Map added
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|route= [[Shahdara(Delhi)]] to [[Saharanpur]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
|gauge1details= 93 92½ miles (1943)
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Shahdara(Delhi)]], [[Saharanpur]]
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|system1details= Worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]]
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[[File:Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway.png|thumb| Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway]]The '''Shahdara-Saharanpur Light Railway''' (SSLR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) privately owned railway with a length of line of 92 92½ miles (149km) when completed in 1907. The Shahdara(Delhi)-Saharanpur Light Railway Company had been formed in 1905.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page236]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>
''Spelling note'' - we have named this town ‘Shahdara (Delhi)’ to differentiate from Shahdara Bagh near Lahore The line, which ran north from [[Shahdara(Delhi)]], one of the north-eastern suburbs of [[Delhi]], to [[Saharanpur]], a junction on the [[Meerut]] to [[Umballa]] section of the [[North Western Railway]] with the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]. The SSLR was distinguished as the first and only narrow gauge line to originate from [[Delhi]].
The SSLR was one of several small narrow gauge concerns owned and worked by [[Martin's Light Railways]], a management company based in [[Calcutta]].
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37
<ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 256, pdf 299]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2020</ref>.
==Proposed Branch Line==
The 1909 map ''(shown here)'' indicates the ‘Shahdara-Saharanpur’ narrow gauge line.
<br>The map shows a narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch line about 25 miles(40km) from Shahdara, this would be near the town of Baraut, and running to [[Meerut]], where there would be an interchange with the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) ‘[[North Western Railway]]’
<br>There is no evidence this branch line was constructed.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Later Development==
According to IRFCA, the line closed in 1970 but was later taken over by [[Indian Railways]], the line being converted to broad gauge and re-opened to traffic.
