Eastern Punjab Railway

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Eastern Punjab Railway
Industry Railways
Predecessor North Western State Railway
Successor Northern Railway
Headquarters
India
Area served
 East Punjab
Services Rail transport

The Eastern Punjab Railway was the successor of the North Western State Railway in East Punjab after the partition of India. [1] [2] In 1952, Northern Railway was formed with a portion of East Indian Railway Company, north-west of Mughalsarai, Jodhpur Railway, Bikaner Railway and Eastern Punjab Railway. [3]

It was labeled as a Class I railway according to Indian Railway Classification System. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Reed, Sir Stanley (1949). The Times of India Directory and Year Book. Times of India Press. Retrieved 26 November 2016. On that day the Indian portion of tile North-Western was constituted into Eastern Punjab Railway, and the parts of the Bengal- Assam in the province of Assam were formed Into Assam Railway.
  2. ↑ Directory of Railway Officials & Yearbook. Tothill Press. 1954. p. 114. It comprises the whole of the former North-Western system of British India except the lines in the south-eastern Punjab, now the Eastern Punjab Railway of India.
  3. ↑ "Geography – Railway Zones". IRFCA. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Indian Railways One Hundred Years. Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) Government of India. 1953. p. 174.
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