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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''' between 1942 From June 1913 the working and 1944, it was nationalised in 1950 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]]
