The Scinde, Punjab, Delhi Railway inherited the unfortunate reputation as being one of the worst managed private railway companies. Given its reputation in the 1860s and 1870s for discord, shady and inept contractors and financial irregularities, it is surprising that the SP&DR did not pass into public ownership sooner than 31 December 1885. After its purchase, the SP&DR was merged with several other railways to form the North Western State Railway.
1855: Scinde Railway formed. After 11 surveys and 18 months the route was approved.[4]
1886: contracts expired and responsibility for the SP&DR was transferred entirely to the government, which would merge the company into the North Western State Railway.
Rolling stock
Scinde, Delhi and Punjab Railway, a few miles from Lahore, c. 1880
By the end of 1877 the company owned 151 steam locomotives, 517 coaches and 2969 goods wagons.[5]
The spelling of Scinde, Punjaub & Delhi Railway is variable. Scinde and Punjaub are the spellings adopted in the legislation – see "Government Statute Law Repeals 2012", pages 134–135, paragraphs 3.78–3.83.[3]
^The Railway News and Joint-Stock Journal, Volume 13. London. 1870. p. 621. The scheme for amalgamating the Scine Railway, the Indus Flotilla, the Punjaub Railway, and the Delhi Railway into one united undertaking, as from the 1st of July, 1870, was taken as read.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
