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In 1849 the Government recognised the necessity of introducing railways into India and the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’ and the ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]’ were established under the Guarantee system to open up the districts having the two ports of India, [[Calcutta]] and [[Bombay]], as outlets for their produce. The success in raising capital was at once evident and attention turned to the Indus Valley route having [[Karachi|Kurrachee(Karachi)]] as its sea terminus.
A concession was granted to [[William Patrick Andrew|Mr W P Andrew ]] in 1855 and the ‘'''Scinde Railway Company'''’ was formed under the Guarantee system. The arrangement concession included under its management the line from [[Karachi|Kurrachee(Karachi)]] to [[Hyderabad]] upon the Indus; the line from [[Multan|Moultan(Multan)]] to [[Lahore]] and [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] and a flotilla of steam boats to complete the through communication.
Three distinct capital sums were originally raised under the following titles:-
