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The [[Jaipur State Railway]] was constructed by the [[Jaipur]] Durbar.  
The [[Jaipur State Railway]] was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway constructed by the [[Jaipur]] Durbar.  


It consisted of two branch lines -  
It consisted of two branch lines -  
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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.
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.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://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>

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The Jaipur State Railway was a metre gauge(MG) railway 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. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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