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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 reached Wanaparti Road by February 1917 a length of 103 miles(170km). | 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 reached Wanaparti Road by February 1917 a length of 103 miles(170km). | ||
<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>[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:// | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n112/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 104-5]; Retrieved 12 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
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. | 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>"Indian Railways New Chronology" by Keith Scholey</ref> | <ref>"Indian Railways New Chronology" by Keith Scholey</ref> | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 16:51, 12 February 2016
The Secunderabad-Gadwal Railway was a metre gauge(MG) section of the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway(NGSR) network. The first section from Secunderabad opened in 1916 and reached Wanaparti Road by February 1917 a length of 103 miles(170km). [1] [2]
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. [3]
Further Information
See Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 14; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 104-5; Retrieved 12 Feb 2016
- ↑ "Indian Railways New Chronology" by Keith Scholey