Nizam's Railway
Nizam's Railway
The “1870-71 Annual Report for Indian Railways” refers to the ‘Goolburga to Hyderabad Railway’ with 116 miles(187km) sanctioned as a broad gauge(BG) railway.
The Report states “The railway from Goolburga, on the Great India Peninsula, to Hyderabad, which is to be constructed with funds provided by the Nizam, has been laid out and commenced. It will be about 116 miles in length, and will go by Secunderabad and Trimulgherry. At the particular desire of the Nizam this line will be constructed on the broad gauge”[1].
The Nizam's Railway opened 1874 as a privately owned railway; it had its beginnings in a line built privately by the Nizam, to the dismay of the British authorities. The Wadi-Secunderbad Railway broad gauge(BG) line, from Wadi Junction to Secunderabad, opened 1874, 115 miles(185km) [2].
The line was worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company(GIPR) until the end of 1878 with its own rolling stock.
From January 1879 to 31st December 1884 it was worked by the State Railway agency of the Government of India(GoI). Howard William Warden from the Public Works Department - State Railways was appointed Manager of Nizam's Railway in 1883 [3].
In 1883, a management company, Nizam's Guaranteed Railway Company, was formed to gradually take over this line and others, under the provision of a guarantee from the Government of HEH the Nizam of the Princely Hyderabad State.
From January 1885 the Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway was formed.
References
- ↑ Online pdf version ‘Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics’ “Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1870-71”, para 10, page/pdf 4 ; Retrieved 26 June 2020
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 98 (pdf107); Retrieved 1 Dec 2016
- ↑ Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 640 (pdf page 603) Retrieved on 22 May 2016