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The route of what became the PNSR, was first surveyed in 1857 and years of political and military debate followed as described under '''[[Lahore & Peshawar Railway]]''' .
Finally, following further exchanges, the line was constructed by the of Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]). The '''Punjab Northern State Railway'''(PNSR) was created in 1870-71 to construct and operate the raiway from [[Lahore]] to [[Peshawar]]. The first section of the line was finally opened in 1876 and [[Lahore]] and [[Peshawar]] connected in 1883 <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ETIxCLujm30C&pg=PA84&lpg=PA84&dq=Punjab+Northern+State+Railway&source=bl&ots=TmnrboB2hx&sig=u-ik3bvxMIyhal8VQ13-DPBAY3k&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqqr7viu3NAhUJiRoKHcV8BncQ6AEIXzAJ#v=onepage&q=Punjab%20Northern%20State%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Engines of Change: The Railroads that Made India" by Ian J. Kerr, page 84] Retrieved on 12 Jul 2016</ref> with the completion of the [[Attock Bridge]] over the river Indus. It was the first railway in India to have been taken under GOI controlin 1886.
[[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] was deployed from the Indian Imperial Civil Service's engineering section in 1873 as Consulting Engineer for the survey of the PNSR and the construction of various parts of that Railway and Bridges. He remained attached to the PNSR until 1878.
Several major bridges required construction to complete the PNSR line between from [[Lahore]] and [[Peshawar]]:-
*[[Jhelum Bridge]], over the River Jhelum at Jelum, started in 1871 by the British engineer [[William St. John Galwey]] and opened in 1873
*[[Alexandra Bridge]], over the River Chenab between Wazirabad and Gujraat Pakistan. Construction started in 1871 ; Engineer-in-Charge [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] and opened 1876 by Edward VII the King-Emperor when he was Prince of Wales.*[[Ravi Bridge]], over the River Ravi situated between Sadiq Pura, Lahore and Shahdara Bagh. The construction work on this bridge was started in 1871 ; Engineer-in-Charge [[Francis Joseph Edward Spring]] and completed in 1876.*[[Attock Bridge]], over in River Indus. Construction started 1880; Chief Engineer was [[Francis Langford O'Callaghan]]; completed 1883.
With others, the Punjab Northern State Railway was merged with the [[Sind, Punjab and Delhi Railway]] in 1886 to form the '''North-Western State Railway''' (later becoming the [[North Western Railway]]).
