Sialkot-Narowal Railway

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The Sialkot-Narowal Railway was a broad gauge(BG) line opened in 1915 as part of the North Western Railway(NWR) further extension from Sialkot to Narowal a length of 38 miles(63km). [1] [2]

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/19/1429 “Sialkot-Narowal Railway Company Limited, Indenture between the parties; 1917"
  • 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"

References

  1. ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 119; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015
  2. ↑ Wikipedia "Sialkot"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
  3. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 27 Jan 2016
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