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Delhi Municipal Conservancy Tramway and Railway

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'''Delhi Municipal Conservancy Tramway and Railway
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In 1896-97 a Conservancy Tramway of unknown gauge was laid by the '''Delhi''' Municipality in conjunction with the building of the city sewerage works at Kilokri. This works was closed in 1938 after the building of a new works. It is route of the tramway and if locomotives were used on this line are not known <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry DL08 page 142</ref>.

In 1934 it was decided to build a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line for the disposal of the city’s refuse to run from the city to the Horse Shoe Jheel on the Ambala Road at Badli, a length of 9 miles(14km). And was in use by Nov 1937. There were loading platforms at Qutab Road and Subzimandi Road and the line was worked by [[North Western Railway]](NWR). It is unknown how long the system was in use <ref name =darvill/>.

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