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The '''Thanesar-Kaithal Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch line of [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]](DKR). <br>Also described as the ‘Kaithal Branch’, 30 miles(48km) ran from Kurukshetra on the DKR and opened in Dec 1910<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n69/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 60 (pdf69)]; Retrieved 14 June 2020</ref>.
The DKR Company signed a contact in 1909 with the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]])GoI for the construction and working of the Thanesar-Kaithal Railway line . This branch was operating in 1912 making Kaithal an important trading centre. This line was worked by the East Indian Railway(EIR) and taken over by the GoI in 1925<ref name=GovUK/>.
This branch was operating in 1912 making Kaithal an important trading centre. This line was initially worked by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) <ref name==External Links==*GovUK>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/d2cc94a1-245a-4594-b7e3-ba22bf6a8cf7 IOR "Records of the Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway Company . " IOR/L/AG/46/9"]*; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi%E2%80%93Kalka_line Wikipedia]*[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/rd/cf5560ecDelhi-acde-43c8-bc60-3c70300a2f43 Branch Kalka line from Thanesar to Kaithal. IOR/L/F/8/17/1234"]*[https:; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015<//books.google.co.uk/books?id=VE71IqAC0YYC&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=Thanesar-Kaithal+Branch+Railway&source=bl&ots=Kqg80eSgWS&sig=mD15h4UNOdgftFsD3jCJgvbRqwA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CDkQ6AEwA2oVChMIocqV65qXyQIVhJUOCh3ugwGW#v=onepage&q=Thanesar-Kaithal%20%20Railway&f=false Haryana: Past and Present by Suresh K Sharma c.1912]ref>
The DKR and Branch was taken over by the [[Government of India ]]([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1925 <ref name=GovUK/> and the working transferred to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) on 1 Apr 1926 <ref>[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 pdf 190]; Retrieved 14 Jun 2020</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]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref name=name>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/17/1234''' “Delhi Umballa Kalka Railway Company, Contract for construction of a branch line from Thanesar to Kaithal; 1909"
==Further Information==
See ''' [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]](DKR) '''
<br>and [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_absorbed_into_EIR|'''East Indian Railway BG Lines Worked''']] up to 1925
<br>and [[North_Western_Railway_-_Lines_operated_and_worked#Lines_worked_by_NWR_at_some_time|'''North Western Railways Lines Worked''']] from 1926
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
