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|description=[[Wadi]] to [[Bezwada]]<br>[[Hyderabad]] to [[Manmad]] | |description=[[Wadi]] to [[Bezwada]]<br>[[Hyderabad]] to [[Manmad]] | ||
|date1=1870 | |date1=1870 | ||
|date1details= | |date1details=Private railway worked by company | ||
|date2=1879 | |date2=1879 | ||
|date2details= | |date2details=State railway worked by company | ||
|date3= | |date3= | ||
|date3details= | |date3details= | ||
|date4= | |date4=1950 | ||
|date4details= | |date4details=Nationalisation | ||
|date5= | |date5=1951 | ||
|date5details= | |date5details=[[Central Railway]] (IR) | ||
|company1=1874 | |company1=1874 | ||
|company1details=Wadi-Secunderabad Railway (BG) | |company1details=Wadi-Secunderabad Railway (BG) | ||
Revision as of 04:05, 2 December 2008
| Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway | ||
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| Timeline | ||
| 1870 | Private railway worked by company | |
| 1879 | State railway worked by company | |
| 1950 | Nationalisation | |
| 1951 | Central Railway (IR) | |
| Constituent companies / lines | ||
| 1874 | Wadi-Secunderabad Railway (BG) | |
| 1889 | Bezwada Extension Railway (BG) | |
| 1901 | Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway (MG) | |
| Key locations | ||
| Headquarters | Secunderabad | |
| Workshops | ||
| Major Stations | Warangal | |
| Successor system / organisation | ||
| 1951 | Central Railway (IR) | |
| Route mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 351 miles (1905) | |
| Metre gauge | 391 miles (1905) | |
| Associated auxiliary force | ||
| How to use this infobox | ||
The full style of the system was His Exalted Highness, The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway which had its beginnings in a line built privately by the NIzam, to the dismay of the British authorities.
Reference list
- Stone, Edward Herbert, The Nizam’s State Railway. Illustrated by Photographs (London: 1876). [Copy held on open shelves, APAC Reading Room, British Library.]
Sources
- "Chronological History of Railways in India" (The IRFCA Server : accessed 01 December 2008).
- "Hyderabad, India (State)" (LoveToKnow Classic Encyclopedia : 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).