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The railway was a Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, sponsored by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mewar State]] Durbar, to link [[Udaipur]] to [[Chitor]] and worked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) up to 31 December 1897. With effect from 1st January 1908 the maintenance and working was taken over by the Mewar Durbar.
The railway was a Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, sponsored by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mewar State]] Durbar, to link [[Udaipur]] to [[Chitor]] and worked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) up to 31 December 1897. With effect from 1st January 1908 the maintenance and working was taken over by the Mewar Durbar.
<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 204]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n212/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 204]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>


[[Chitor]] was the connection to the [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]](RMR), which, in  1900, merged into the BB&CIR
[[Chitor]] was the connection to the [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]](RMR), which, in  1900, merged into the BB&CIR

Revision as of 09:58, 14 February 2016

Udaipur-Chitor Railway
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Line of route
Chitor to Udaipur
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 67 miles (1905)
146 miles (1943)
Timeline
1895 First section opened to traffic
1899 Line completed
c 1943 Renamed Mewar State Railway
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Chitor, Debari, Udaipur
System agency
Own agency
How to interpret this infobox

Udaipur-Chitor Railway also known as Udaipur-Chitorgarh Railway and the Oodeypore-Chitor Railway

The railway was a Metre Gauge(MG) line, sponsored by the Princely Mewar State Durbar, to link Udaipur to Chitor and worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) up to 31 December 1897. With effect from 1st January 1908 the maintenance and working was taken over by the Mewar Durbar. [1]

Chitor was the connection to the Rajputana-Malwa Railway(RMR), which, in 1900, merged into the BB&CIR

During the Second World War, c.1943 the line became known as the Mewar State Railway.

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