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Section of The railway was worked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR(qv) network+.
{{WorkThe line connected [[Mathura]] with [[Hathras]], where there was a separate station serving the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[East Indian Railway]](EIR). <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=pG2yMEauKZUC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=The+Mathura-inHathras+Provincial+Railway&source=bl&ots=kEXtfSzABY&sig=QYUhJPkypoHf3Ii9l-AlKgj54ak&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwib-YXjsK7JAhUFxRQKHXDiCeUQ6AEIPDAE#v=onepage&q=The%20Mathura-ProgressHathras%20Provincial%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Mathura -Rly}}A District Memoir" by F.S. Growse]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathras_railway_station Wikipedia "Hathras Railway Station"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref> Curiously this railway is not listed in the 1918 Administration Report on Railways <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n7/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page iii (pdf7)]; Retrieved 14 June 2020</ref>. <br>Wikipedia reports that this line existed and was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) in 1952. == References ==<references />
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The '''Mathura-Hathras Provincial Railway'''was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) 29 mile(47km) line opened in 1875. It was financed by the Provincial State and local shareholders.
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