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Later renamed the '''Dholpur State Railway''', the '''Dholpur-Bari Light Railway''' (DBLR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line owned and managed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Dholpur State]] Durbar. The line ran from its junction at [[Dholpur]] on the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|Great Indian Peninsula]](GIPR) mainline from [[Jhansi]] to [[Agra]].
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 225]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
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'''[[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]]''', renamed the '''Dholpur State Railway''' in 1914. The [[MohariDholpur-Bari Light Railway]] (DBLR) was first described in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908 as the '''Bari-Karauli Dholpur Tramway''' a ‘light steam tramway’ under construction to carry red sandstone from [[Bari]] to [[Dholpur]] to connect with the [[Indian Midland Railway|Indian Midland]] section of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_333.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327; 1908]; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018</ref> . The line was 19.6 miles(31km) in length and opened 1916in Feb 1908 <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-17 Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 278 pdf 321]; Retrieved 30 Jul 2020</ref>. [[File:Dholpur-Bari Light Railway.png|thumb|''' Dholpur-Bari Light Railway'''. Map from British Library IOR/V/10/1102 “Annual Administration Report of Dholpur State for Year ending 30 Sept 1910”. Photographed with permission from the 'Railway Section' of the above report.<br>The map shows the [[GIPR]] [[Agra]] - [[Gwalior]] mainline as part it passes through [[Dholpur State]] and the [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]] and marked up to show later extensions.]] The DBLR was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line owned and managed by the [[Princely states|Princely]] [[Dholpur State]] Durbar. The line ran from an interchange at [[Dholpur]] on the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) mainline to [[Bari]], a length of 19 miles(31km) and opened in Feb 1908 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n233/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 225]; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018</ref>. ==Narpura Quarry Siding==The quarry at Narpura, 4 miles north-west of [[Dholpur]], was connected to the DBLRby a railway siding and was the source of red sandstone used for building purposes. It is fine grained, easily worked, hardens by exposure and does not deteriorate by lamination <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_333.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327.]; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018</ref>. This quarry siding does not appear in the 1937 Report <ref name=Hist1937/> . ==Tantpur Extension Railway==The '''Tantpur Extension Railway''' was a NG extension of a further 16 miles(26km) in a north-westerly direction from [[Bari]] reaching [[Baseri]] in Sep 1913 and on to [[Tantpur]] in July 1914 <ref name=Admin/> <ref name=Hist1937/> ==Mohari-Barauli Railway==The '''[[Mohari-Barauli Railway]]''' was a NG line, with a length of 15 miles(24km) that opened in Feb 1917. The line was constructed by the [[Imperial Delhi Committee]] for the carriage of stone for [[Delhi|Delhi (later to be named New Delhi)]] from quarries at [[Barauli]] and was managed, maintained and worked by the [[Dholpur State]] Durbar in conjunction with the DBLR <ref name=Admin/>. <br> From [[Barauli]] the line ran to Mohari Junction, 5 miles(8km) north-west of [[Bari]], where it joined the [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|narrow gauge NG]] DBLR line to [[Dholpur]] . At [[Dholpur]] there was later transferred an interchange to the [[GIPR]] [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|broad gauge BG line ]] to [[Agra]] and onward to [[Delhi]]. <br>''See also'' '''[[Delhi Imperial Construction Railways]]''' ''for further information'' ==Simuttra Extension Railway==The '''Simuttra Extension Railway''' line was a NG line, extended from [[Barauli]] a further 3½ miles(6km) westward to as part reach [[Sir Muttra|Sirmuttra(Sir Muttra)]] in 1929 <ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/At-Dholpur-the-train-arrives-at-your-door/articleshow/48677208.cms Times of India “At Dholpur the train arrives at your door”, 26 Aug 2015]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2016</ref><ref name=Hist1937/> == System Classification ==[[Gwalior Light Indian RailwayClassification]]s networkof 1926 - Class III railway system. ==Later Development==The '''Dholpur-Rajakhera Line''', 22 miles(35km) from [[Dholpur]] in a north-easterly direction , had been sanction in 1918, but the 1937 Report shows this outstanding<ref name=Hist1937/>. ''This line does not appear on modern maps – presumably not constructed''. The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37. The final system length of opened line was 72 Miles(116km) <ref name=Hist1937/>
In 1950, the DBLR was nationalised and in 1951 merged with others to form [[Central Railway]], a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
