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[[File: Bhopal-Itarsi_Railway.png|thumb|Bhopal State Railway]]The '''Bhopal State Railway'''was an Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])line , funded by Begum, Nawab of the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Bhopal State ]] to connect [[Bhopal]] to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) line at [[Itarsi]]. The line comprised two sections, one in the territory of Her Highness the Begum of Bhopal, which joined to the ‘British Section’ to form the '''[[ Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]]'''.

Indian State line, funded by Begum, Nawab of the The section from [[Princely states|Princely Itarsi]]to [[Bhopal StateHoshangabad]] to connect , 11 miles(17km) opened in 1882 and with the opening of the [[BhopalNerbudda (Hoshangabad) Bridge GIPR|Nerbudda Bridge]] to the line reached [[Great Indian Peninsula RailwayBhopal]]in Nov 1884, a total length of 45 miles(GIPR72km) line at <ref name=Admin79>[[Itarsi]https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n79/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 70-71 (pdf78-79 ].; Retrieved 24 Mar 2018</ref>

Opened 1884 and The railway was initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway|’Indian Midland Railway Company ]](IMR); linked under a Contract of 2 Oct 1885, amended 17 Feb 1891 to include the ‘British Section’ to form two sections and a Supplementary Contract of 1 Jan 1894 <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/14/988 “The Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract for the [[maintenance and working of Bhopal-Itarsi State Railway]] in , supplemental to the contract of 2nd October, 1885 and worked by IMR.Secretary of State”</ref>

Amalgamated into This railway became part of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) network in 1900. ==Records=under a Contract dated 21 Dec 1900<ref name=Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http:Admin79//www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]>. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in as a result of the UK records amalgamation of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at IMR into the [[British Library]] An on-GIPR. The line search became part of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” [Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_- Search"]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref> gives 9 references, all relating to Bhopal State Railway and Indiand Midland Railway. The most important being:- *_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Mainline|'''L/F/8/14/988GIPR Midland Division''' “The Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance and working of Bhopal State Railway; 1894 supplemental to the contract of 1885.”]]

The “Indian Biographical Dictionary” gives *[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]],from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD), Assistant Engineer in , 1874 employed on the construction of Bhopal State Railway ''(along with other railways)'' <ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/430 “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 28 Apr 30 May 2016</ref>.*[[Henry Thomas Geoghegan]] from PWD, Superintending Engineer, 1879, Bhopal State Railway Survey <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA501 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 501 (pdf page 464)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.