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It ''Further research is not clear if the Delhi Railway Company ever existed - no supporting documentation has been found to substantiat thisrequired by examination of records at IOR listed below.''
Records section added with text and source link. Further Research note added
'''Delhi Railway'''appears to be a description of the railway, rather than a specific railway.
In 1870, the [[Scinde Railway]] Company and [[Indus Flotilla]] Company were amalgamated with the [[Punjab Railway]] and renamed as the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] Company.
==Records==
An on-line search of the IOR records using search ‘Delhi Railway’
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref> gives many references. The most relevant being:-
*'''Z/E/4/23/D285 ''' “Delhi, Railway, proposed line to Calcutta; 1852-53” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/818, pp505-10
*'''Z/E/4/23/D285''' “Delhi, Railway, proposed line to Calcutta; 1852-1853”
*'''Z/E/4/24/D251''' “Delhi, Railway, Kurnaul to, opening of; 1853-1854” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/821, p1180
*'''Z/E/4/24/D248''' “Delhi, Railway, Allahabad to, constructed by East India Railway Company; 1853-54” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/822, pp536-538
*'''Z/E/4/30/D176''' “Delhi, Railway, Construction of, to Shekoabad; 1857” Related Resources: See entry at IOR/E/4/845, pp1090-1093
*'''L/F/8/10/845''' “Scind Railway Company, Contract for the construction of the Delhi Railway; 1863”
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
