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The [[Empress Bridge]], opened in 1878, carried the IVSR over the Sutlej river between [[Ferozepur]] (Firozpur) (south of [[Lahore]]) and [[Kazur]].
The IVSR had reached [[Sukkur]] in 1879 and the steam ferry that transported eight wagons at a time across the Indus between [[Rohri]] and [[Sukkur]] was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] in 1889 solved this bottleneck and thus port of [[Karachi]] was connected to the railway network.
With others, the See [[Indus Valley State Railway was merged with the [[Sind, Punjab - Survey and Delhi Railway]] in 1886 to form the Construction|separate page '''North-Western Indus Valley State Railway- Survey and Construction''' (later the [[North Western Railway]])for full details of the survey and construction.
== 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 The route involved the crossing of two great Rivers:-*The River Sutlej between [[Adamwahan]] and [[Bahawalpur]] - the [[Sutlej Bridge]] ''(which became the [[Empress Bridge]] when opened in 1878)'' *The River Indus between [[Sukkur]] and [[Rohri]] – the [[Sukkur Bridge]] ''(which became the [[Lansdowne Bridge]] when opened in 1889)'' The [[Sutlej Bridge|‘Sutlej Bridge’]] was completed in March 1878 and inaugurated on7th June 1878 to be renamed the [[Empress Bridge|’Empress Bridge’ -''see separate page '']]. On the 1st July 1878 the IVSR line search was officially opened for traffic from [[Mooltan]] down to [[Kotri]] and in full operation on the 27th October 1878, except for the River Indus crossing linking [[Sukkur]] to [[Rohri]] where the a ferry was used whilst the engineering challenge of the IOR records relating to this railway[[Sukkur Bridge|‘Sukkur Bridge’]] was under construction. <ref>A Conference was held at [[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives Lahore]] in November 1878 and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Searcha proposal was made by the Honourable Member of Council for Public Works to the Officers of the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway|Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway Company]]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016(SP&DR), that they should take over the working of the traffic of the Indus Valley State Railway to which the Directors of the Indus Valley State Railway agreed </ref>> gives 10 references. The most important being:-*British Library IOR/V/24/3590; "Public Works Department: Railways" which contains " Administration report “Administration Report on the construction of the Indus Valley State RailwayRailway” pages 5-8,15, 187821 37</79" ref>.*L/AG/46/34; “Records of the India Office relating to In 1886 the [[North Western State Railway". The following appears on this IOR record:- 'The North Western State Railway ]](NWR) was created in 1886 formed by the amalgamation merger of the Scinde-Punjab-Delhi Railway, IVSR with the Indus Valley State Railway SP&DR and other railways. The [[Sukkur Bridge|‘Sukkur Bridge’]] was under construction and on inauguration in March 1889 was renamed the Punjab Northern State Railway’[[Lansdowne Bridge|‘Lansdown Bridge’ - ''see separate page '']] thus providing an unbroken BG route from [[Lahore]] to the port of [[Karachi]].
Major Revision with Link to new page 'Indus Valley State Railway - Survey and Construction' following Steve Moore's BL Research
[[File: Indus Valley State Railway.png|thumb| Indus Valley State Railway]]The '''Indus Valley State Railway'''(IVSR) was formed to provide a rail link between 1870 [[Kotri]] and 1871 [[Mooltan|Mooltan((Multan)]]. This was to replace complete a rail connection from the port of [[Indus FlotillaKarachi]] to [[Lahore]] by providing a rail link between linking two lines:-*The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from the coast at [[Karachi]] to [[Kotri]] and had been built by the [[MultanScinde Railway|’ Scinde Railway Company’]]. and opened in 1861 <refname=Admin106>[httphttps://odysseuslahoriarchive.blogspot.comorg/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/2013n115/03mode/alas-sindh-is-now-lost-indus-valley.html "Alas, Sindh is now Lost: Indus Valley State Railway" by Salman Rashid March 29, 20131up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 106 (pdf115) ]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015 1 Jan 2018</ref>. <ref>*The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from [[Lahore]] to [[http://www.panhwar.com/Adobe/Administration%20report%20on%20the%20construction%20of%20the%20railway.pdf Administration report on the construction of the Mooltan|Mooltan((Indus StateMultan) ]] built by the [[Punjaub Railway|’Punjaub Railway Company’]], pdf format]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015opened in 1865 <ref name=Admin106/ref>.
The survey of the route of the line commenced in 1869-70 1870 and construction commenced in 1871 based on the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) standard. This was undertaken by changed in 1874 to broad gauge([[John BruntonRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]], ) requiring the Chief Resident Engineer sections under construction to be converted <ref>British Library IOR/V/24/3590 “Administration Report on the construction of the Indus Valley Railway” Various pages as listed in separate page [[Scinde Indus Valley State Railway- Survey and Construction]], assisted by his son [[William Arthur Brunton]]</ref>.
==Personnel Records in chronological order==
Unfortunately, there are no Indus Valley State Railway (IVSR) Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]](IOR).
Some of these staff were mentioned at the inauguration of the [[Empress Bridge|‘Sukkur Bridge’ when it was named in 1878 the 'Empress Bridge]]. See [[Empress Bridge#Inaugeration]] for details.
However the following have been identified from other sources:-
== Further Information==
*See '''[[Indus Valley State Railway - Survey and Construction]]''' *and '''[[North Western Railway]]''' from 1886 onwarsonwards. ==External Links==*[http://odysseuslahori.blogspot.com/2013/03/alas-sindh-is-now-lost-indus-valley.html "Alas, Sindh is now Lost: Indus Valley State Railway" by Salman Rashid March 29, 2013];*[http://www.panhwar.com/Adobe/Administration%20report%20on%20the%20construction%20of%20the%20railway.pdf "Administration report on the construction of the (Indus State) Railway" 1878-79.pdf format]
== References ==
