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Also known as the '''Pipar Road-Ravi Light Railway''', the '''Pipar-Bilara Light Railway''' was a short (25 mile) 2' 0" narrow gauge railway, owned and operated by the State of [[Jodhpur]].
Originally constructed as a steam tramway and also known as the the '''Pipar Road-Ravi Light Railway''', the '''Pipar-Bilara Light Railway''' was a short (25 mile) 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway. The line first opened in 1910 from [[Pipar]] Road to [[Bhavi]] and extended to reach [[Bilara]] in 1912; owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Jodhpur State]] who worked the line up to February 1913 when the working was taken over by [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]].
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n200/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 192]; Retrieved 10 Feb 2016</ref>


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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

Latest revision as of 15:14, 10 February 2016

Pipar-Bilara Light Railway
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Line of route
Pipar to Bilara
Gauge / mileage
2' 0" NG 25 miles (1921)
Timeline
1910-1912 Line constructed
1928 Replaced by metre gauge line
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Pipar, Bilara
System agency
1910 Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway
1924 Jodhpur State Railway
How to interpret this infobox

Originally constructed as a steam tramway and also known as the the Pipar Road-Ravi Light Railway, the Pipar-Bilara Light Railway was a short (25 mile) 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG) railway. The line first opened in 1910 from Pipar Road to Bhavi and extended to reach Bilara in 1912; owned by the Princely Jodhpur State who worked the line up to February 1913 when the working was taken over by Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. [1]

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