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The [[Dholpur Quarry File:Scindia State Railway3.png|right|400px|'''Chambal Rail Bridge''']] A quarry line was opened near at Dholpur [[DholpurQuarry Railway]] to convey quarry the red sandstone for the ‘Chambal River Bridge’ and [[Glover & Co|'Messrs Glover and Company'|]] were appointed as contractors for the construction in February 1876. They undertook to complete the line to Dholpur by the end of June 1878 and the complete line by the end October 1880 <ref>[British Library ‘India Office Records’ V/24/3590 “Sindia State Railway Administration Report” 1878-79</ref>.
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The '''Chambal Rail Bridge''' formed part of the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Sindia State Railway]] system linking [[Gwalior]] to [[Agra]] which opened in 1881.
The single track bridge opened on 15 May 1881 completing the ‘Hetampur-Dholpu’ section linking [[Gwalior]] to [[Agra]]; the ‘Gwalior–Hetampur’ section having opened in Dec 1879 and the ‘Dholpur-Agra’ section in Jan 1879 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ]; Retrieved 27 Jan 2018</ref>.
The ‘[[Sindia State Railway]] ’ was from 1885 worked by the ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’, which had a comparatively brief existence before being amalgamated in 1900 with the ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]’(GIPR). This Gwalior-Agra line became part of the GIPR ‘Midland Section Mainline’ between [[Bhopal]] and [[Agra]]
The ‘Chambal Rail Bridge’ bridge is still in use today, a second bridge has been constructed adjacent to the original bridge. These bridges can be clearly seen in the photograph showing the original bridge on brick piers in the foreground with the modern bridge behind <ref>[http://www.panoramio.com/photo/61007717 Photograph from Panoramio “Railway Bridges on Chambal River, on Agra-Gwalior track”]; Retrieved 27 Jan 2018</ref>.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Sindia State Railway]]''' for period up to 1885
<br>then '''[[Indian Midland Sindia State Railway]] ''' 1885-90 <br>and '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' thereafter.
== References ==
