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[[File: Southern Punjab Railway Map 1909.png|thumb| Southern Punjab Railway Map 1909]]
The railway was worked by ===SPR Mainline and Branches ===[[File: Southern Punjab Railway Map 1909.png|600px|right| Southern Punjab Railway Map 1909]]Total broad gauge [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line length 426 miles(685km). Page 121(pdf 130)* ‘[[Delhi-Samasata Railway|Delhi-Samasata Mainline]]’, from [[Delhi]] via [[Narwana]], [[Jakhal]], [[Bhatinda]] to [[Samasata]], opened 1897, 399 miles(642km). ''From 1929-30 this became the North Western State‘NWR Samastra-Bhatinda-Delhi Section’ '' ** ‘Delhi Brewery Branch Line’, opened 1909, 0.8 mile(NWR1.3km) ** ‘[[Narwana-Kaithal Railway |Narwana-Kaithal Branch Line]]’, opened 1899, from [[Narwana]] to [[Kaithal]], 23 miles(37km). ''From 1929-30 this became the ‘NWR Narwana- Kurukshetra Section’, 53 miles(85km) by putting together the ’SPR Narwana-Kaithal Line’ with the [[Thanesar-Kaithal Railway| ‘Thanesar-Kaithal Railway’ from Kaithal to Kurukshetra - see "Records L/AG/46/34"separate page]] ''** ‘Jind City Branch Line’, from [[Jhind|Jind]] Junction to [[Jhind|Jind]] City, opened 1916, 2.5 miles(4km). ''From 1929-30 this became the ‘NWR Jind-Panipat Section’, 18 miles(29km) by putting together the ‘SPR Jind City Branch Line’ with the [[Jind-Panipat Railway | ‘Jind-Panipat Railway’ from Jind to Panipat - see separate page]] ''
Purchased by Government in 1930===[[Jullundur-Doab Railway| Jullundur-Doab Extension Railway]]===Classified under the ‘SPR Network’ as part of the ‘NWR System’ .Total broad gauge [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line length 130 miles(209km). Page 123(pdf132)* ‘[[Jullunder-Ferozepore Mainline]]', [[Jullunder]] via Karpurthala, Sultanpur Lodi, Lohian Khas, Gidarpind, Makhu to [[Ferozepore]] Cantonment, opened 1912-14, 73 miles(117km). ''From 1929-30 this became the ‘NWR Jullundur Doab Extension’''** ‘Phillaur Branch Line’, Lohian Khas to [[Phillaur]], opened 1913, 39 miles(63km) . ''From 1929-30 this became the ‘NWR Phillaur-Lohian Khas Branch’ ''** ‘[[Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway]]' known as the ‘Nakodar Branch Line’, [[Jullunder]] to [[Nakodar]], opened 1914, 19 miles(30km) . ''From 1929-30 this became the ‘NWR Jullundur City-Nakodar Branch’''
Infobow revised re 'Stations'
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|timeline2date= 1897
|timeline2details= Delhi to Samasata line opened to traffic
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|timeline3details=
|timeline5details= Line acquired by State and merged into NWR
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bahawalpur]], [[Bhatinda]], [[Fazilka]], [[Ferozepore]], [[Ghaziabad]], [[Jakhai]], [[Rohtak]][[Ghaziabad]] was the connection to [[Delhi]] - see separate page [[Delhi_Railways_%26_Stations#Delhi_Stations| ''Delhi Stations''']] for details
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|system1details= Worked by [[North Western Railway]]
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The '''Southern Punjab Railway'''(SPR) was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line built to provide a more direct connection from [[Karachi]] to [[Delhi]] by linking to the original [[Indus Valley State Railway|Indus Valley]] line at [[Samasata]] and avoiding the [[North Western Railway]] loop via [[Lahore]].
==History==
The '''Southern Punjab Railway'''(SPR) Company was formed in 1895with [[Bradford Leslie]] as Chairman. Under contract with the Secretary of State for India, Leslie and his partners formed the company to build a BG Railway from [[Delhi]] to [[Samasata]] about 400 miles to the west. [[Horace Bell ]] was the Consulting Engineer for SPR in London for the construction., The main line Mainline ran north west from [[Delhi]] to [[Bhatinda]] then south west through Bahawalpur State to [[Samasata]], a total distance of 402 miles(643km). Several extension lines (Jullunder, Sutlej Valley etc.) extended the length to 502 miles(803km) in 1905. The SPR Mainline and the extensions were all worked by the ‘[[North Western Railway]]’(NWR) , each line reported financially individually until purchased by Government in 1929-30. From that time onwards the each line was absorbed into the ‘NWR System’. ==SPR Network of Lines ==The listings below are generally based on the “Administration Report on Railways 1918” <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n121/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 120-126 (pdf 129-134]; Retrieved 2 Nov 2020</ref> with page numbers (and pdf pages) noted at the end of each entry. This 1918 Report <ref name=Admin/> details the ‘SPR Network’ as part of the ‘NWR System’ but with the ‘Statistics of Working’ (route mileages, capital outlay, income etc) for each part of the SPR given as a separate entities.. ''Significant later information is shown in italics. The listings below includes information concerning the changes from 1929-30 when the SPR was fully integrated into the NWR System'' '' <ref name=Hist151>[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 151-156 pdf 190-195]; Retrieved 2 Nov 2020</ref>
==SPR Branch Lines and extensions==*'''[[Delhi-Samasatta Ludhiana Extension Railway]]''' was opened in 1897 by ===Classified under the ‘SPR Network’ as part of the SPR connecting ‘NWR System’ . Total broad gauge [[Delhi]] with [[Samasatta]] via [[BhatindaRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line length 152 miles(244km). The line passed through [[Muktasar]] and [[Fazilka]] and provided direct connection through [[Samasatta]] Page 123(now in Pakistanpdf132) to ' * ‘Ludhiana-Ferozepore Line’, [[KarachiLudhiana]]. *'''to [[McLeodganj RailwayFerozepore]]''' was an extension constructed by SPR in , opened 1905 and worked by them. Later renamed Mandi Sadiqgan Railway and now in Pakistan., 77 miles(124km)*'''[[Narwana‘Ferozepore-Kaithal Railway]]''' was opened in 1899 by SPRMacLeod Ganj Line’, linking [[KaithaFerozepore]] to [[NarwanaMcLeod Ganj ]], from where (a branch line to suburb of [[KurukshetaDharamsala]] was ), opened in 1910.1906, 75 miles(120km)* ''From 1929-30 these two lines together became the ‘NWR Ludhiana Extension Railway’''
==Railways absorbed into SPR=[[Sutlej Valley Railway| Sutlej Valley Extension Railway]]===Classified under the ‘SPR Network’ as part of the ‘NWR System’ . Total broad gauge [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line length 208 miles(335km). Pages 124-5(pdf135-6) *'''‘[[Sutlej Valley Kasur-Lodhran Railway]]''', [[Kasur]] to [[Lodhran]], opened 1910. Constructed as part of Sutlej Valley Irrigation project; merged into SPR, closed and dismantled 1917-18, 208 miles(335km). The Reconstructed 1923-26 with line length 213 miles(343km). ''From 1929-30 this became the [[Kasur-Lodhran Sutlej Valley Railway| ‘NWR Sutlej Valley Extension Railway’]] section of this line was dismantled in 1917.
==Lines worked by SPR at some time=[[Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway]]=== Classified under the ‘SPR Network’ as part of the ‘NWR System’ . Total broad gauge [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line length 79 miles(127km). Page 115(pdf124) *'''[[Narwana-Kaithal RailwayLudhiana]] via [[Dhuri]] to [[Jakhal]]''', opened 1899, extended to Kuruksheta1901. Managed, 1910; maintained and worked by [[North Western Railway]] (NWR) under an Agreement with the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Maler Kotla State]] Durbar and the [[Jhind State]] Durbars. The line was used by SPRlinking the ’[[Delhi-Samasata Railway|Delhi-Samasata Mainline]]’ at [[Jakhal]] with '[[Ludhiana Extension Railway]]' at [[Ludhiana]].''From 1929-30 this became the [[Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway | ‘NWR Ludhiana-Dhuri-Jakhal Railway’]]
==Records==
