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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://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n233/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 225]; Retrieved 2 Feb 2016</ref>
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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 the 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 23 Aug 2016</ref> Later renamed the '''Dholpur State Railway''', 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 its junction at [[Dholpur]] on the GIPR mainline from [[Jhansi]] to [[Agra]] to Bari , a length of 19 miles(31km)and opened 1916in Feb 1908. The line was extended a further 16 miles(26km) to reach Tantpur in 1914 <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 23 Aug 2016</ref> The [[Mohari-17 as part Karauli Railway]] was constructed by the Imperial Delhi Committee for the carriage of stone for New Delhi from Karauli (in some records Barauli) to Mohari Junction. The 2ft 6in/762mm ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line opened in Feb 1917 and was managed, maintained and worked by the Dholpur Durbar in conjunction with the DBLR; <ref name=Admin/> it was later transferred to as part of [[Gwalior Light Railway]]s (GLR) as part of the GLR network. The line was further extended to reach Sirmuttra 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>
In 1950, the DBLR was nationalised and in 1951 merged with others to form [[Central Railway]], a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
