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