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Nizam’s Railway Lines (up to 1883)
- Wadi-Secunderabad Railway broad gauge(BG) line, from Wadi Junction to Secunderabad, opened 1874, 115 miles(185km). Financed by Nizam of Hyderabad later became part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway. The 6 mile section Hyderabad to Secunderabad was in 1901 converted to mixed gauge (BG and metre gaugeMG) to enable the MG Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway MG line to reach Hyderabad [1]
Nizam’s Guaranteed Railway Lines (1883-1930)
Broad Gauge (BG) Lines
- Hyderabad Main Line BG. The Wadi-Secunderabad Railway was extended to Warangal, 1886; Dornakal Junction, 1888; Bona Kalu, 1888 to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, 1889. Giving a total of 310 miles(499km) [1]. The line joined to the
- Bezwada Extension Railway BG, opened 1889 as south east extension to the Hyderabad Main Line from the Hyderabad/British Frontier to Bezwada Station (where there was a interchange to the Southern Mahratta Railway MG line ). Line length 22 miles(35km). [1].
- ‘Hyderabad Branch’ BG, opened 1874 from Hyderabad to Hussain Sagar, 3.6 miles(5km) in northern suburbs.
- ’Mineral Branch’ BG, also known as Singareni Coal Fields Railway, opened 1888 from Dornakal Junction to Singareni Coalfields, 16 miles(26km) ) [1]
- Kazipet-Balharshah Railway BG, opened in stages 1924-27[2], from Kazipet via Pedipalli, Ramsgundah, Asifahbad Road to Balharshah. Section of NGSR Guaranteed Railway linking Chennai directly with Delhi. Total line length 145 miles (232km) [3]. The completion of this line created the
- Balharshah-Warangal Railway was created on the completion in 1927 of the Kazipet-Balharshah Railway' above.
- Karepalli-Kothagudam Railway BG, opened 1927 as part of NGSR Cite error: Closing
</ref>missing for<ref>tag- Hingoli Branch Railway MG, opened 1912, as part of NGSR from Hingoli to Purna Junction on the Hyderabad-Godaveri Valley Railway, 50 miles(80km) ]] [4]
- ' Secunderabad-Gadwal Railway MG, also known as Secunderabad-Dronachellam Railway Cite error: Closing
</ref>missing for<ref>tag The final 13 miles(21km) section to Gadwal was opened in 1922. The line was subsequently extended via Allumpur Road, a further 28 miles(45km),1925; and to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, a further 7 miles(11km) in 1928 [3]. - Parbhani-Purli Railway MG, opened 1929 as part of NGSR Cite error: Closing
</ref>missing for<ref>tag gives :- - Nizam’s State Railway BG, 667 miles(1073km).
- Bezwada Extension, BG. Class I railway, 22 miles. State Railway worked by Nizam’s State Railway
- Nizam’s State Railway MG, 623 miles(1002km) .
- Dronachellam(Dhone)-Kurnool-British Frontier, MG, 36 miles. State railway, worked by by Nizam’s State Railway
- Jankampet-Budaon Railway, MG, construction commenced 1936, 12 miles(19km) length. Primarily as a siding to serve a sugar factory at Budaon and to assist in the transport of machinery etc to the factory also for passenger traffic [5]. Line opened 1938 <ref name=Nizam>
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 98 (pdf107); Retrieved 1 Dec 2016
- ↑ Google Books “The History of Nizam’s Railways System” by Dr. Santosh Jaganath, pages 97-98; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ”Indian railways new chronology” by Keith Scholey, May 2015
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 102 (pdf110); Retrieved 1 Dec 2016
- ↑ ”Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37” page 42