1855 July 2nd. The Scinde Railway Company was incorporated. After 11 surveys and 18 months the route was approved
1857 The constitution was modified to extend the undertaking and in 1859 contracts were made to construct another section from Multan to Amritsar, and for working a steam flotilla on the Indus connecting the two sections. The chief engineer was John Brunton
1861 May 13th. Opened the first railway line for public traffic between Karachi and Kotri, a distance of 105 miles.[1]
1863 Planned a line between Delhi and Amritsar. The four sections were kept separate under the names of the Scinde Railway, the Indus Flotilla Co, the Punjab Railway, and the Delhi Railway
1865 349 Miles long
1865 The Secretary of State for India decided that the Indus Valley railway should be constructed under the Department of Public Works; the existing staff of the Scinde and Indus Valley railways were given notice.[2]
1868 G. P. Bidder, Consulting Engineer; John Brunton, Chief Engineer (Scinde); Joseph Harrison, Chief Engineer (Punjab); Henry Parker, Acting Chief Marine Engineer (Indus Steam Flotilla).[3]
1869 The Scinde Railway, the Indus Flotilla Co, the Punjab Railway and the Delhi Railway, were amalgamated into the Scinde, Punjab and Delhi Railway
1878 The Indus Valley State Railway was built connecting to the Sind at Kotri.