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The '''Kotri-Rohri Railway''' was opened in 1900 linking [[Kotri]] to [[Rohri]] in Sind Province (now in Pakistan).
The railway to [[Kotri]] from [[Karachi]] had opened in 1861. However the crossing of the River Indus was a major obstacle and only commenced in 1893 with [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] as Engineer-in-chief in charge of the construction of the [[Kotri Bridge]] <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=496 "Shadbolt Collection: Construction of the Indus Bridge at Kotri.”]; Retrieved on 26 Maqy 2016</ref> <ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionarydjvu/430 “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 26 Mayr 2016</ref>. The Executive Engineer was [[Paget Patrick Dease]] from the [[Public Works Department]] who was posted to the Kotri-Rohri Railway in 1895 <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA479 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 479 (pdf page 442)] Retrieved on 26 May 2016</ref>.
The railway from [[Kotri]] via [[Hyderabad]] ran northwards to reach [[Rohri]] to meet the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] crossing the River Indus to connect to the [[Indus Valley State Railway]].
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
