The company was granted a 5% return on investment up to a maximum of £1 million in order to build the 120-mile line.

[1][2] The Karachi-Kotri Railway Line work commenced in April 1858 and on 13 May 1861 succeeded in connecting Karachi to Kotri.

This was the first railway line for public use between Karachi and Kotri, a distance of 108 miles (174 km).

This was covered by the Scinde Railway Company's Amalgamation Act 1869 (32 & 33 Vict.

[1] By the end of 1864 the company owned 31 steam locomotives, 66 coaches and 617 goods wagons.