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Originally known as [[File: Gwallior Light Railway.png|thumb| '''Gwalior Light Railway''']]The '''Gwalior Light Railway'''(GLR) developed a series of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch lines, owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Gwalior State]] and radiating from the city of [[Agra-Gwalior ]], originally worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).
In about 1899 it was renamed the '''“The Gwalior Light Railway'''(GLR) and develpoed a series is the property of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branchlines, owned by the Indian State of [[Gwalior]] Durbar by whom it was constructed and radiating from that cityis maintained, stocked and worked by . The working of the trains and traffic of the line was under the control of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]Company up to 30 June 1913”<ref name =Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n251/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 242 (GIPRpdf251)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
The [[Ujjain==Early History==In the early 1890s Maharaja Madhava Rao Scindia established a private 2ft gauge railway, using20lb rails, in the grounds of his-Agar Branch Railway]]palace at Gwalior with subsequent extensions (24lb rails) to the Mora residency, the state farm and a hunting lodge. He then opted for a much more extensive system for public traffic, using a heavier 30lb rail, and lines were opened 1932 as part from Gwalior north-east to Bhind (1899), south-west to Shivpuri (1899) and westwards to Sheopur Kalan (1904-9). From 1900 the railways were worked by the GIPR who took the gross receipts, deducted traffic expenses plus 12 ½ % for maintenance of GLRaccommodation and permanent way plus 10% general charges, the balance going to the Gwalior Durbar<ref name=Hughes>“Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Paragraph 20 Page 46 </ref>.
Renamed '''Scindia State Railway''' about 1944, it was nationalised in 1950 From June 1913 the working and in 1951, merged with others maintenance of the GLR reverted to form [[Central Railway]], a zone of Indian Railways.the Gwalior Durbar<ref name =Admin1918/>
1937 Admin info, Statistics and Classification and minor corrections added
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|route= [[Gwalior]] to [[Bhind]]<br>[[Gwalior]] to [[ShivpurSipri]]([[Shivpuri]])<br>[[Gwalior]] to [[SipriSheopur|Sheopur Kalan]]
|gauge1= 2' 0" NG
|gauge1details= 183 miles (1905)
|timeline1date= 1899
|timeline1details= First two sections opened to traffic
|timeline2date= c1944|timeline2details= Renamed '''Scindia State Railway'''
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline5details= Merged into [[Central Railway]] (IR zone)
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bhind]], [[Gwalior]], [[Sabalgarh]], [[ShivpurSipri]]([[Shivpuri]]), [[SipriSheopur|Sheopur Kalan]]
|system1date=
|system1details= Indian State line worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|GIPR]]
}}
The ‘[[MohariUjjain-Karauli Agar Branch Railway]]’, opened 1916-17 was originally 1932 as part of [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]]; later transferred to GLR. ''(see note below) ''
==Gwalior Light Railway Lines in 1937==
Total line length 295 miles(473km) <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 281 pdf 324]; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020</ref>.
* ‘Gwalior-Sipri (Shivpuri) Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior]] to [[Sipri|Sipri(Shivpuri)]], opened 1899, 74 miles(118km) <ref name =Admin1918/>
* ‘Gwalior-Bhind Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior]] to [[Bhind]], opened 1899, 52 miles(83km) <ref name =Admin1918/>
* ‘Gwalior-Sheopur Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, [[Gwalior]] to [[Sabalgarh]], opened 1904; reaching [[Sheopur|Sheopur Kalan]], 1909, 122 miles(197km) <ref name =Admin1918/>
* ‘Mozar Cantonment, Suburban Extension’, 1924, 1.6 miles(3km)
* ‘Gwallor-Kampoo,Suburban Extension’, 1925, 3.2 miles(6km
* ‘[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]], 1932, 42 miles(67km ). ''This isolated line from Agar to Ujjain is 240 miles from Gwalior<ref name=Hughes/>. 'The location of Agar has not been identified and it is reported that this line was closed. ''
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/>
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==History after 1942==
The railway was renamed '''[[Scindia State Railway]]''' in 1942 after the Scindia family who ruled Gwalior until India's independence <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scindia Wikipedia “Scindia” )]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
Following partition in 1947, the '''[[Scindia State Railway]]''' came under the control of the Government of India on 1 August 1950 with a route length of 294 miles(473km). The railway became part of the ‘[[Central Railway]]’ Zone of [[Indian Railways]] on 5 November 1951 <ref>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm “Indian Railways – Railway Board “Evolution of Indian Railways” )]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
The ‘Gwalior-Sipri Section’; the ‘Gwalior-Bhind Section’ and the ‘[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]]’ have apparently all closed.
Modern reports indicate that only the ‘Gwalior-Sheopur-Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, was working in 2009 as part of the [[Indian Railways]] service. A distance of 124 miles through the suburbs of Gwalior to Sheopur Kalan <ref>[http://vikaschander.com/upper-class-to-sheopur-kalan/ “Upper Class to Sheopur Kalan by Vikas Chander posted 6 Feb 2014)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
