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The '''[[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]] (DBLR) was first described in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]]''', 1908 as renamed the '''Bari-Dholpur TramwayState Railway''' a ‘light steam tramway’ under construction to carry red sandstone from Bari to the Dholpur to connect with the [[Indian Midland Railway|Indian Midland]] section of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) <ref>[http://dsalin 1914.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_333.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327; 1908]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2016</ref>

Later renamed The [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]] (DBLR) was first described in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]], 1908 as the '''Bari-Dholpur State RailwayTramway''', the DBLR was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(‘light steam tramway’ under construction to carry red sandstone from [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line owned and managed by the [[Princely states|Princely Bari]]to [[Dholpur State]] Durbar. The line ran from its junction at to connect with the [[DholpurIndian Midland Railway|Indian Midland]] on section of the GIPR mainline from [[JhansiGreat Indian Peninsula Railway]] to (GIPR) <ref>[[Agrahttp://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V11_333.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 11, p. 327; 1908]] to Bari , a length of ; Retrieved 15 Apr 2018</ref> . The line was 19 .6 miles(31km)in length and opened in Feb 1908. The line was extended a further 16 miles(26km) to reach Tantpur in 1914 <ref name=AdminHist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/stream30/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystemitems/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#pagein.ernet.dli.2015.36650/n233/mode/1up "Administration Report on the 2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways , constructed and in India – corrected up to 31st progress’, 31 March 1918"; Superintendent 1937 by ‘The Government of Government Printing, India - Railway Department’ page Calcutta; page 225278 pdf 321]; Retrieved 23 Aug 201630 Jul 2020</ref>.

The [[MohariFile:Dholpur-Bari Light Railway.png|thumb|''' Dholpur-Karauli Bari Light Railway]] was constructed by the Imperial Delhi Committee '''. 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 carriage 'Railway Section' of stone for New Delhi from Karauli (in some records Barauli) to Mohari Junctionthe above report. <br>The 2ft 6in/762mm (map shows the [[GIPR]] [[Agra]] - [[Gwalior]] mainline as it passes through [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NGDholpur State]]) line opened in Feb 1917 and was managed, maintained and worked by the [[Dholpur Durbar in conjunction with the DBLR <ref name=Admin/>-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 DBLR by 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 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 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 ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 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/>