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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.
[[File:Scindia Sindia State Railway 31.png|right|400px|'''Chambal Rail Bridge''']]A quarry line was opened at Dholpur [[Dholpur Quarry Railway]] to 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>.
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>.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Sindia State Railway]]''' for period up to 1885
<br>then '''[[Sindia State Indian Midland Railway]] ''' 1885-90
<br>and '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' thereafter.
