Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway

Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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Line of route
Wadi to Bezwada Hyderabad to Manmad
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge	330 miles (1905)
Timeline
1870	Private railway worked by company
1879	(Indian) state railway worked by company
1930	(Indian) state railway worked by (Indian) state
Key locations
Presidency	Madras
Stations	Bezwada, Manmad, Warangal
System agency
	Worked by Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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System timeline
1883	Management company formed to work system
1930	Working taken on by state
Constituent companies / lines
1874	Wadi-Secunderbad Railway BG
1889	Bezwada Extension Railway BG
1900	Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway MG
Key locations
Headquarters	Secunderabad
Workshops
Major Stations	Aurangabad, Chanda, Hyderabad, Medak, Nander, Nizamabad, Parbhani, Secunderabad, Wadi
Successor system / organisation
1950	Nationalisation
1951	Central Railway (IR)
System mileage
Broad Gauge(BG)	351 miles (1905) 688 miles (1943)
Metre Gauge(MG)	391 miles (1905) 672 miles (1943)
Associated auxiliary force
n/a
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The full style of the system was His Exalted Highness, The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) which had its beginnings in a line built privately by the NIzam, to the dismay of the British authorities.

History

The earliest sections, operating as Nizam’s Railway, were commenced during the 1870s, variously financed, constructed and operated.

In 1883, a management company, Nizam's Guaranteed Railway, was formed to gradually take over these lines, under the provision of a guarantee from the Government of HEH the Nizam of Hyderabad State.

The State of Hyderabad assumed operational control of the system in 1930, renaming the railway Nizam's State Railway.

In 1950, the NGSR was nationalised and in 1951 became part of Central Railway, a zone of Indian Railways.

Nizam’s Railway Lines (up to 1883)

Wadi-Secunderbad Railway, opened 1874. Financed by Nizam of Hyderabad later became part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway

Nizam’s Guaranteed Railway Lines (1883-1930)

• Balharshah-Warangal Railway, opened in stages 1924-28
• Bezwada Extension Railway, opened 1889 as south west extension.
• Hingoli Branch Railway, opened 1920 as link line to Hyderabad-Godaveri Valley Railway
• Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway, opened 1900, as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Rly
• Karepalli-Kothagudem Railway, opened 1927 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway
• Kazipet-Balharshah Railway, opened 1929. Section of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway linking Chennai directly with Delhi.
• Parbhani-Purli Railway, opened 1929 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway
• Purna Junction-Hingoli Railway, opened 1929 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway
• Secunderabad-Gadwal Railway, opened 1916 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway
• Singareni Coal Fields Railway, opened c.1920 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway

Reference list

• Stone, Edward Herbert, The Nizam’s State Railway. Illustrated by Photographs (London: 1876). [Copy held on open shelves, Asian and African Studies Reading Room, British Library.]

Sources

• "Chronological History of Railways in India" (The IRFCA Server : accessed 01 December 2008).

• "Hyderabad - Imperial Gazetteer of India" References extracted from the Imperial Gazetteer (1909) by R Sivaramakrishnan, posted 18 August 2008 (The IRFCA Server : accessed 01 December 2008).