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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 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.

==SPR Branch Network of Lines including Lines Managed and extensionsWorked ==*The listings below are generally based on the “Administration Report on Railways 1918” <ref>[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 18 Dec 2016</ref> with page numbers (and pdf pages) noted at the end of each entry. '''SPR Mainline and branches'''[[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] Total line length 426 miles(685km). Page 121(pdf 130)*’Delhi-Samasata Mainline’, [[Delhi-Samasatta Railway]]''' was opened in 1897 by the SPR connecting via [[DelhiNarwana]] with , [[SamasattaJakhal]] via , [[Bhatinda]] to [[Samasata]], opened 1897, 399 miles(642km)**’Delhi Brewery Branch Line’, opened 1909, 0.8 mile(1. The line passed through 3km)**’[[MuktasarNarwana-Kaithal Railway|Narwana-Kaithal Branch Line]] and ’, opened 1899, from [[FazilkaNarwana]] and provided direct connection through to [[SamasattaKaithal]] , 23 miles(now in Pakistan37km) **’Jind City Branch Line’, from [[Jhind|Jind]] Junction to [[KarachiJhind|Jind]]City, opened 1916, 2. 5 miles(4km)  *'''[[McLeodganj Jullundur-Doab Railway| Jullundur-Doab Extension Railway]]''' [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] was an extension constructed Total line length 130 miles(209km). Page 123(pdf132)*’Jullunder-Ferozepore Mainline, [[Jullunder]] via Karpurthala, Sultanpur Lodi, Lohian Khas, Gidarpind, Makhu by SPR in 1905 and worked by them. Later renamed Mandi Sadiqgan to [[Ferozepore]] Cantonment, opened 1912-14, 73 miles(117km)**’Phillaur Branch Line’, Lohian Khas to [[Phillaur]], opened 1913, 39 miles(63km)**’[[Jullundur-Nakodar Chord Railway and now in Pakistan.]] known as the ‘Nakodar Branch Line’, [[Jullunder]] to [[Nakodar]], opened 1914, 19 miles(30km) *'''[[Narwana-Kaithal Ludhiana Extension Railway]]''' was opened in 1899 by SPR[[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] Total line length 152 miles(244km). Page 123(pdf132)*’Ludhiana-Ferozepore Line’, linking [[KaithaLudhiana]] to [[NarwanaFerozepore]], from where opened 1905, 77 miles(124km)*’Ferozepore-MacLeod Ganj Line’, [[Ferozepore]] to McLeod Ganj (a branch line to suburb of [[KurukshetaDharamsala]] was ), opened in 1910.1906, 75 miles(120km)

==Railways absorbed into SPR==*'''[[Sutlej Valley Railway| Sutlej Valley Extension Railway]]''', opened 1910[[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] Total line length 208 miles(335km). Constructed as part of Sutlej Valley Irrigation project; merged into SPR, 1917Pages 124-5(pdf135-18. The 6) *[[Kasur-Lodhran Railway]] section of this line was , [[Kasur]] to [[Lodhran]], opened 1910, closed and dismantled in 1917.-18, 208 miles(335km)

==Lines worked by SPR at some time== *'''[[NarwanaLudhiana-Dhuri-Kaithal Jakhal Railway]]'''[[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] Total line length 79 miles(127km). Page 115(pdf124) *[[Ludhiana]] 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 Mainline’ at [[Jakhal]] with '[[Ludhiana Extension Railway]]' at [[Ludhiana]].