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'''Jaipur State Railway'''
The [[Jaipur State Railway]] was constructed by the [[Jaipur]] Durbar.


Two State Railway branch lines (Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu, 1907 and Jaipur-Shaikhawati, 1916); worked by BB&CIR and merged 1900 into BB&CIR(qv)
It consisted of two branch lines -
*'''Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu Railway''', opened in  1907  
*'''Jaipur-Shaikhawati Railway''', opened in 1916


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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.
 
==External Links==
*[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA Chronology of railways in India, Part 3 (1900 - 1947)]
*[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=923 Opening of Jaipur Shaikawati Railway. Nov 9th 1916 Photo 448/10(5) to(17)]
*[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]
*[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 The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj by Robert W. Stern – page 251]
*[http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1328523668343-A%20Historical%20Preview%20Jaipur%20Division.html History of NWR - North Western Railway / Indian Railways]


[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]

Revision as of 14:03, 22 November 2015

The Jaipur State Railway was constructed by the Jaipur Durbar.

It consisted of two branch lines -

  • Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu Railway, opened in 1907
  • Jaipur-Shaikhawati Railway, opened in 1916

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.

External Links