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[[File: Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway Map 1909.png|right|400px|Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway Map 1909]]
'''Bikaner Section of the JBR''' - 1918 grand total, 498 miles(1013km)open line inclu<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n195/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 187 (pdf195)]]; Retrieved 18 Nov 2016</ref> as follows:-.
* ‘Main Line’, MG, 249 miles(401km)
** Bhagu(Marwar Frontier)-Bikaner, opened 1891, 48 miles
In 1924, the JBR was divided into its two constituent parts, with two new systems, the [[Jodhpur State Railway]](JSR) and '''Bikaner State Railway'''(BkSR) formed to take over responsibility for working the raiway. The JSR taking the “Jodhpur Section” of the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]], together with the [[Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway]](British Section).
The '''Bikaner State Railway''' (BkSR) was created in 1924 from the “Bikaner Section” of the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]], the exact mileage comprising the “Bikaner Section” is not known but in 1918 it was 498 miles(801km) open line and approximately 568 miles(km) open line iby by 1924
[[File:Bikaner State Railway.png|right|400px|Bikaner State Railway ]]
In 1936-37 the open line route mileage for the BkSR had expanded to 796 miles(1281km) of metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines <ref> “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 18361936-37” page 119 (pdf 151)</ref> as follows:-
* ‘Main Line’, MG, 249 miles(401km). Bhagu(Marwar Frontier) to Bhatinda - ''details as above''
* ‘Hisar Extension Line’, MG, 136 miles(219km). Marwar Frontier to Hisar - ''details as above''
