Indus Valley State Railway

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Indus Valley State Railway
Industry Railways
Founded1870
Defunct1885
Successor North Western State Railway (NWR)
Headquarters
Kotri
,
British Raj
Area served
 Sindh, Punjab
Services Rail transport

The Indus Valley State Railway( reporting mark IVSR) was a railway founded in 1871 to provide a rail link between Kotri and Multan and to replace the Indus Steam Flotilla. [1] [2] The opening of the line thus connected Karachi with Lahore.

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History

The survey of the Indus Valley railway line began in 1869 and was undertaken by John Brunton, the Chief Resident Engineer of Scinde Railway, and assisted by his son William Arthur Brunton.[ citation needed ] The Empress Bridge, opened in 1878, carried the IVSR over the Sutlej River near Bahawalpur.[ citation needed ] The Indus and Sutlej rivers were seen as major impediments in the expansion of the railways. The IVSR had reached Rohri in 1879 and a steam ferry would transport eight wagons at a time across the Indus River between from Rohri to Sukkur. This was found to be cumbersome and time-consuming. The opening of Lansdowne Bridge in 1889 solved this bottleneck, as rail traffic could now travel from Karachi uninterrupted to Lahore. The Indus Valley State Railway was merged in 1886 to form the North Western State Railway. Today, this line forms a section of the Karachi-Peshawar Railway Line.

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ "Alas, Sindh is now Lost: Indus Valley State Railway" by Salman Rashid 29 March 2013; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
  2. ↑ Administration report on the construction of the (Indus State) Railway, pdf format Archived 17 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine ; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
  3. ↑ Grace's Guide "Frederick Ewart Robertson"; Retrieved 8 Jun 2016
  4. ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 569 (pdf page 532) Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  5. ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 444; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  6. ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 427 (pdf page 390 ) Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "1872 Thacker's Indus Valley Railway Personnel" Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  8. ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 440; Retrieved on195 Aug 2016
  9. ↑ "Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers"; vol 97 page 398-399 year 1889 "Obituary of Frederick Lewis Dibblee"; Retrieved on 17 Apr 2016
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  12. ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 649; Retrieved on 8 Aug 2016
  13. ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 465 (pdf page 428) Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  14. ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 501 (pdf page 464) Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  15. ↑ "Grace's Guide - Henry Francis Storey"; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  16. ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 560 (pdf page 523 Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  17. ↑ "Grace's Guide - William Michell"; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
  18. ↑ Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 595 (pdf page 558) Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016
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