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The [[File:Patiala State Monorail Trainways]].png|thumb|'''Patiala State Monorail Trainways''' <br>Map from [http://www.irfca.org/members/ddickens/PSMTArticle.pdf ‘The Railway Magazine’, February 1969, “An Indian “Might Be” by H.R.Ambler pages 72-76, reproduced by IRFCA (PSMTIndian Railways Fan Club) was a unique rail-guided, partially road-borne railways system running in [[Patiala] ]] from 1907 to 1927.

The '''Patiala State Monorail Trainways'''(PSMT) was a unique rail-guided, partially road-borne railways system running in [[Patiala]] from 1907 to 1927. The monorail used the [[Ewing System Monorail|Ewing System]] and was constructed and operated by the Bombay firm of ‘Marsland, Price & Company’ <ref name=RailMag>[http://www.irfca.org/members/ddickens/PSMTArticle.pdf ‘The Railway Magazine’, February 1969, “An Indian “Might Be” by H.R.Ambler pages 72-76, reproduced by IRFCA (Indian Railways Fan Club)]; Retrieved on 18 May 2017</ref> Maharaja Sir Bhupinder Singh of the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Patiala State]] got had this unique railway system constructed to facilitate movement of people and goods in his state. The chief engineer of this project was Colonel [[C W Bowles]] who had earlier successfully used a monorail based on [[Ewing System Monorail|Ewing System ]] (designed by William Thorold) during his stint as engineer for the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] when responsible for the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway Kharagpur Construction Monorail|Construction works at Kharagpur ]] used for transportation of construction materials . Colonel [[C W Bowles|Bowles]] was made chief Engineer for the PSMT project. One of the objects of PSMT was to make use of the 560 mules being maintained by Patiala State. Apart from mules, bullocks were also used to haul the monorail before introduction of steam locomotives on the route of PSMT.<refname=RailMag/>[http://www.irfca.org/members/ddickens/PSMTArticle.pdf "The Railway Magazine, February 1969, pages 72-76, reproduced by IRFCA (Indian Railways Fan Club)]; Retrieved on 18 Apr 2016</ref>

*[[Sirhind]] to [[Morinda]], a distance of 15 miles (24 km). At [[Sirhind]] there was a connection to the [[North Western Railway]] ‘Ambala-Ludiana SectionMainline’ and the line was opened as far as Basi, 5 miles(8km). It was proposed to extend this line to [[RoparBasi]] but since Ropar was connected by a railway line, this idea was abandoned. *[[Patiala]] to [[Sunam]], a distance of 35 5 miles(56 km8km) via [[Basi]]<ref name=nameGazett>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_101.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7, p. 95. Basi"]; Retrieved 22 Dec 201518 May 2017</ref>. It was proposed to extend this line to [[Ropar]] but since Ropar was connected by a railway line, this idea was abandoned. *[[Patiala]] to [[Sunam]], a distance of 35 miles(56 km) via [[Bhawanigarh, 5 miles(8km) from [[Sirhind]] where there was a connection to the [[North Western Railway]]. A letter by Colonel Bowles to a Mr. Ambler described the route of Patiala-Sunam line as starting from goods yard of [[North Western Railway]] (NWR) at Patiala. The PSMT then crossed the main railway line at a road level crossing nearby. It then went through the walled city towards City and then took a turn north towards the cantonment. Then it travelled along the main road to [[Bhawanigarh]] and then [[Sunam]] <ref>”An Indian Monorail : The Ewing System in Patiala” by John R. Day, Railway World Volume 23 Feb 1962 pp52 – 53 & 66</ref>.

*The 1908 edition of the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] )<ref name=name>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/referenceGazett/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V07_101.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7, p. 95. Basi"]; Retrieved 22 Dec 2015</ref> in which there was a brief mention. The gazetteer simply stated that "a mono-rail tramway, opened in February, 1907, connects [[Basi ]] with the railway at [[Sirhind]]". *The pre-opening examination report carried out by the NWR in December 1908 reported that the line was to be worked by mule power to start but ‘two steam .. and one .. petrol monorail engines had been ordered’. The report also confirmed that the line between ‘Sirhind and Bassi, a distance of 6 miles(9.6km) had been completed’ and it hzad had four passenger vehicles and 30 goods vehicles. The passenger vehicle carried 18 to 20 people and the goods vehicles 82 maunds. The report described the platforms, lines and operations of the monorail. It reported an average working speed of 8 miles per hour but a trial run over 1½ miles(2.4km) with one car and four artilliary horses gave a speed of nearly 20 miles per hour <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry PB10 page ....</ref>.

Apart A''part from the above, PSMT has not been mentioned in any official documents of that period in India. ''

==Monorail SystemFurther Information==The PMST was the second monorail system See pages ''' [[Monorail Systems in India, after the [[Kundale Valley Light Railway]], ''' and the only operational locomotive-hauled railway system built using the '''[[Ewing System in the world. The Kundala Valley Railway pre-dated this, also using the Ewing system between 1902 and 1908, although this only used bullocks for haulage. Following the conversion of the Kundala Valley Railway from a monorail to a narrow gauge railway in 1908, the PSMT was the only monorail system in India until its closure in 1927.Monorail]]'''