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[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed, text changes
== History ==
The first section from [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] to Shadipalli, 55 miles(88km), was opened in 1892 and originally constructed as a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line. This section also known as the [[Hyderabad-Umarkot Railway]]. This first section was converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) in 1901 and joined to the second section thus providing a MG connection from Jodhpur to Hyderabad
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n196/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 188]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>
The second section from [[Balotra]] Shadipalli to [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] was opened in 1900, with the full length, [[Jodhpur]] to [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] opening the following year 68 miles(1901109km) when a small broad gauge section near [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] was converted to metre gauge.opened in 1900 as a MG line<refname=name/>[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 188]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
The branch line extensions to [[Jalor]] and, in the British section, from [[Mirpurkhas]] north to [[Khadro]] and south to [[Jhudo]] were opened by 1921.
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