Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
| Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway | ||
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| Timeline | ||
| 1870 | Formation | |
| 1879 | Becomes state railway | |
| 1950 | Nationalisation | |
| 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 | Hyderabad, Wadi, Bezwada, Manmad | |
| 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 was His Exalted Highness, The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway and 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).