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'''Punjaub Railway'''is also spelt as the '''Punjab Railway''' in some documents <br>– this was one of the railways of the [[Scinde Railway Company|'''Scinde Railway Company''' - ''see separate page for further information on the formation and development of the Company'']]

*The spelling of “Punjaub Railway” is variable. This railway was formed in period from 1855 to 1860's and the spelling of the Company names reflect that period. *“Punjaub” is the spelling adopted in the legislation of the time - – see ["Government Statute Law Repeals 2012" pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83|"Government Statute Law Repeals 2012" pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83] <ref name=name> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 134-135, paragraphs 3.78-3.83 (pdf pages 141-142)] Retrieved on 14 Dec 2016</ref>."

However in regard to this railways railway we have adopted the spelling '''Punjaub'''

The '''Punjaub Railway''' was formed at the instigation of the [[Scinde RailwayCompany]] to enable "the construction and working of lines in the [[Punjab]]. from [[MooltanMultan|Moultan(Multan)]] to [[Lahore]] and [[Amritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]], and thence to [[Delhi]] - total, about 490 miles. Capital - 4,000,000''l'Pounds'. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent on 1,500,000Pounds, the amount at present authorised to be raised." <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>Like the [[Scinde Railway]], the ‘Punjaub Railway’ was built to [[broad gauge]] and was one of the original [[:Category:Guaranteed Railways|guaranteed railways]].

[[File:Scinde Railway Company - Lines.png|thumb|File:Scinde Railway Company - Lines]]== Characteristics Survey==Like The Chairman of the [[Scinde Railway|Scinde Railway Company]], [[William Patrick Andrew|Mr W P Andrews]] in March 1856 responded to a suggestion from the Government of Bombay proposing to undertake necessary surveys of the line “from Mooltan to Lahore and Umritsir” (Amritsar)<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s5IEAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “The Punjaub Railway . A Selection from Official Correspondence regarding the introduction of Railways into the Punjaub” by Sir William Patrick Andrew, Chairman of the Scinde and Punjaub Railways; 1857’ ‘Report by William Bruton’ 15th June 1957, pages 9-10]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref> The survey was built undertaken by Mr T A Yarrow, Consulting Engineer to the Scinde Railway Company and [[broad gaugeWilliam Arthur Brunton]] , Superintending Engineer, Punjaub Railway Survey and was one submitted in his report dated 15 Jun 1857, for a single line railway of 5 feet 6 inches ‘uniting the original [towns of Umritsir to Lahore (248 miles, 60 chains) and Lahore to Mooltan (216 miles, 60 chains)’ <ref>[https:Category:Guaranteed //books.google.co.uk/books?id=s5IEAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “The Punjaub Railway. A Selection from Official Correspondence regarding the introduction of Railways into the Punjaub” by Sir William Patrick Andrew, Chairman of the Scinde and Punjaub Railways|guaranteed railways; 1857’ ‘Report by William Bruton’ 15th June 1957, pages 13-24]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref> ''The town names in this Report use the spelling in use at that time''  ==Construction==The lines from [[Multan]] to [[Khanewal]], 29 miles(47km) and [[Khanewal]] to [[Lahore]], 177 miles(285 km) opened in stageas and completed by Apr 1865. This connected to the [[Lahore]] to [[Amritsar]] line, 32 miles(51km) that had opened in Apr 1862.. Giving a total line length of 238 miles(383km) between [[Multan]] and [[Amritsar]]<ref>[https://archive. Early org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n115/mode/1up “Administration Report on, it merged with Railways 1918” page 106 (pdf115) ]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref>.  ==Later Developments==The ‘'''[[Delhi Railway]]'''’ was authorised in 1862 as a further concession was granted to the [[Scinde RailwayCompany]] and ’. This being an extension of the line from [[Indus FlotillaAmritsar|Umritisir(Amritsar)]] to form [[Delhi]], linking to the [[Scinde, Punjaub & East Indian Railway]](EIR) at [[Ghaziabad]] (just 13 miles(21km) from [[Delhi Railway]], this line opened in stages from 1867-70.

In 1870 the ‘Punjaub Railway’ was merged with the [[Scinde Railway]], the [[Indus Flotilla]] and the [[Delhi Railway]] to form the [[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]. In 1886, the contracts expired and responsibility for the railway was transferred entirely to the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]). The GoI merged the ‘[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]]’ with other smaller state-owned railways to create the ‘[[North Western Railway]]’. == Further Information==From 1855 to 1870 see See '''[[Scinde Railway Company]]''', '''[[Scinde Railway]] ''', '''[[Indus Flotilla]]''' and '''[[Delhi Railway]]'''  and From 1870 to 1886 see '''[[Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway]] (SP&DR)''' following amalgamation in 1870 until 1886

After 1886 see and '''[[North Western Railway]]''' from 1886 when the line became part of the ‘NWR Mainline’