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Gwalior Light Railway

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In about 1899 it was renamed the '''Gwalior Light Railway'''(GLR) and develpoed a series of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branchlines, owned by the Indian State of [[Gwalior]] and radiating from that city, worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).
<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; page242]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
The [[Mohari-Karauli Railway]], opened 1916-17 was originally part of [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]]; later transferred to GLR.
Renamed '''Scindia State Railway''' between 1942 and 1944, it was nationalised in 1950 and in 1951, merged with others to form [[Central Railway]], a zone of Indian Railways.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
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