Rajputana State Railway

Rajputana State Railway5RSR)

History

Originally called the Rajputana State Railway(RSR), initial construction in 1873 and 1874 was to link Delhi to Agra via Alwar and Bandikui. In 1875, the line had extended as far as Ajmer with the aim to reach Ahmadabad and to connect to the Broad Gauge (BG) of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).

In 1879, the RSR was again authorised to build new lines in metre gauge.

In 1881-82, the Rajputana-Malwa State Railway (RMSR) was created amalgamating, under single management, existing State Railways:-

• Rajputana State Railway (RSR)
• Holkar State Railway, which had opened 1874 from Khandwa reaching Indore, 1876.
• Scindia-Nimach State Railway from Indore to Nimach, including a branch line from Indore to Ujjain opened in August 1876 . The entire line was completed in 1879-80
• Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway, Neemuch to Ajmer, the construction was started in 1879, and the work completed in March 1881
• Western Rajputana State Railway, known to have existed but no information found.

All these railways were worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) State Railways; all worked by BB&CIR.

This page has been created as part of a work-in-progress project. We have identified over 500 different Railways including tramways,industrial lines, rail/river ferries. These will be added over the next few months. If you have a specific query regarding this Railway please e-mail the FIBIS Membership Secretary asking your question to be forwarded to Michael Pearce PEA-2292 who is co-ordinating this project.