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The North Western Railway (abbreviated NWR) is one of 19 railway zones in India. It is headquartered at Jaipur. [1] It has a route length of more than 5,761 kilometres (3,580 mi) across the states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab and Haryana. NWR operates international rail service Thar Express from Jodhpur to Karachi.
The Bikaner railway division was formed in 1924, though its origin dates back to early 1880.. In 1882, a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) wide metre gauge line from Marwar Junction to Pali was built by the Rajputana Railway.
Fortified North Western State Railway bridge over the Indus at Attock, 1895. The military and strategic concerns for securing the border with Afghanistan were such that, Francis Langford O'Callaghan (who was posted from the state railways as engineer-in-chief) was called upon for a number of demanding railway projects, surveys and constructions in the Northwest Frontier. [3]
Lucknow NER railway division is one of the three railway divisions under the jurisdiction of North Eastern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [1] This railway division was formed on 14 April 1952.