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The [[Jaipur State Railway]] was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway constructed by the [[Jaipur]] Durbar and owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Jaipur|Jaipur State]]  
The [[Jaipur State Railway]] was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway constructed by the [[Jaipur]] Durbar and owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Jaipur|Jaipur State]]  
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n37/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 29]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>.


It consisted of two branch lines -  
It consisted of two branch lines -  
*'''Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu Railway''', opened in  1907  
*'''Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu Railway''', opened in  1907<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17" page 13]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>.
*'''Jaipur-Shaikhawati Railway''', opened in 1916
*'''Jaipur-Shaikhawati Railway''', opened in 1916 <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=923 "Opening of Jaipur Shaikawati Railway. Nov 9th 1916 Photo 448/10(5) to(17)"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>.


Both branches were worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) until 1936 when the Jaipur Durbar took the Jaipur State Railway under its own management.
Both branches were worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) until 1936 when the Jaipur Durbar took the Jaipur State Railway under its own management  
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 29]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 3 (1900 - 1947)"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=923 "Opening of Jaipur Shaikawati Railway. Nov 9th 1916 Photo 448/10(5) to(17)"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17" page 13]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=NK1MhWq-9VkC&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=jaipur+state+railway&source=bl&ots=1MpHJA2l90&sig=bAwh2fJ_sGd0UUfqDmKeoSdUAHE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ojTvVIVrpYDMA7zJgsgF&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=jaipur%20state%20railway&f=false Google Books "The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj" by Robert W. Stern – page 251]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=NK1MhWq-9VkC&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=jaipur+state+railway&source=bl&ots=1MpHJA2l90&sig=bAwh2fJ_sGd0UUfqDmKeoSdUAHE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ojTvVIVrpYDMA7zJgsgF&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=jaipur%20state%20railway&f=false Google Books "The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj" by Robert W. Stern – page 251]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1328523668343-A%20Historical%20Preview%20Jaipur%20Division.html "History of NWR - North Western Railway / Indian Railways"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>  
<ref>[http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1328523668343-A%20Historical%20Preview%20Jaipur%20Division.html "History of NWR - North Western Railway / Indian Railways"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>.


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 16:34, 6 February 2016

The Jaipur State Railway was a metre gauge(MG) railway constructed by the Jaipur Durbar and owned by the Princely Jaipur State [1].

It consisted of two branch lines -

  • Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu Railway, opened in 1907[2].
  • Jaipur-Shaikhawati Railway, opened in 1916 [3].

Both branches were worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) until 1936 when the Jaipur Durbar took the Jaipur State Railway under its own management [4] [5].

References

  1. ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 29; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016
  2. ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17" page 13; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015
  3. ↑ "Opening of Jaipur Shaikawati Railway. Nov 9th 1916 Photo 448/10(5) to(17)"; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015
  4. ↑ Google Books "The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj" by Robert W. Stern – page 251; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015
  5. ↑ "History of NWR - North Western Railway / Indian Railways"; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015
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