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# | The '''Secunderabad-Gadwal Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) section of the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]](NGSR) network. The first section from [[Secunderabad]] opened in 1916 and ran south west to [[Gadwal]] via Timmapur, Chatanpali, Balanager, Gullapalli, Jadcharla, Mashbubnager, Kurumurti, Wanaparti Road, reached in 1917, 108 miles(173km) <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 14]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n113/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 104-105 (pdf112-113)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref> | |||
[[Category:Railways]]] | Construction then stopped (presumably due to WW1) and did not recommence until 1922 when it reached [[Gadwal]], a further 13 miles. The line was extended a further 35 miles to finally reach the Indian/British Frontier in 1928 <ref name=scholey>”Indian railways new chronology” by Keith Scholey, May 2015</ref>. | ||
The railway was later extended and became known as the '''Secunderabad-Dronachellam Railway''' The final 13 miles(21km) section to [[Gadwal]] was opened in 1922. The line was subsequently extended via Allumpur Road, a further 28 miles(45km),1925; and to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, a further 7 miles(11km) in 1928 <ref name=scholey/>. | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]''' | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | |||
[[Category:Indian States Railways]] | |||