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The '''Sialkot-Narowal Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line with a length of 38 miles(63km) that opened in Nov 1915 as part of the North Western Railway(NWR) further extension from [[Sialkot]] and completed to reach [[Narowal]] a length of 38 milesin Jan 1916. The line was constructed by the [[North Western Railway]] (63kmNWR).for the ‘Sialkot-Narowal Railway Company’ and worked by NWR as part of its network <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n127/mode/2up 1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 119]; Retrieved 21 Dec 201522 Jun 2018</ref><ref>[httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sialkot Wikipedia "Sialkot"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015 22 Jun 2018</ref>. The ‘Sialkot-Narowal Railway Company’ was a private company for which ‘[[Killick, Nixon & Company]]’ was the [[Managing Agencies|Managing Agent]] <ref name =RC38>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at https://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry RC38 page ....</ref>.
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
*'''L/AG/46/34/1''' “Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State, including those relating to the following lines worked by the (North Western Railway) Company, 1893-1924: Larkana-Jacobabad (Sind) Light Railway; Sialkot-Narowal Railway; Upper Sind Light Railway; Hoshiarpur Doab Branch Railways; 1893-1924"
*'''L/F/8/20/1778''' “Sialkot-Narowal Railway Company Limited, Suplementary contract relating to the incidence of cost of effecting Narowal Junction; 1933"
==Further Information==
See ''' [[North Western Railway]] '''
<br>and '''[[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#NWR_Commercial_Section|NWR Commercial Section Lines Worked]]
== References ==
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Private Railways]]
