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|timeline2date= c1944|timeline2details= Renamed '''Scindia State Railway'''

Originally known as The '''Gwalior Light Railway'''(GLR) developed a series of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch lines, owned by the [[Agra-Princely states|Princely ]][[Gwalior State]] and radiating from the city of [[Gwalior]], originally worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).

In about 1899 it was renamed the '''“The Gwalior Light Railway'''(GLR) is the property of the Gwallior Durbar by whom it was constructed and is maintained, stocked and develpoed a series worked. The working of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branchlines, owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Gwalior State]] trains and radiating from traffic of the city line was under the control of [[Gwalior]], worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).Company up to 30 June 1913”<refname =Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n250n251/mode/2up "Administration 1up “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page2421918” page 242 (pdf251)]; Retrieved 26 Feb 15 Dec 2016</ref>.

The [[MohariUjjain-Karauli Agar Branch Railway]], opened 1916-17 was originally 1932 as part of [[Dholpur-Bari Light Railway]]; later transferred to GLR.

The ==Gwallior Light Railway Lines in 1942==Total line length 249 miles(473km)*’Gwalior-Sipri Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior]] to [[Sipri]], opened 1899, 74 miles(118km) <ref name =Admin1918/> *’Gwalior-Bhind Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior]] to [[Bhind]], opened 1899, 52 miles(83km) <ref name =Admin1918/>*’Gwallior-Sheopur Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, [[Gwalior]] to [[Sabalgarh]], opened 1904; reaching [[Sheopur]] Kalan, 1909, 124 miles(200km) <ref name =Admin1918/>* [[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]], opened 1932 as part of GLR. Approximate line length 44 miles(72km)  ==History from 1942==The railway was renamed '''[[Scindia State Railway]]''' in 1942 after the Scindia family who ruled Gwalior until India's independence <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scindia Wikipedia “Scindia” )]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>. Following partition in 1947, the [[Scindia State Railway]] came under the control of the Government of India on 1 August 1950 with a route length of 294 miles(473km). The railway became part of the [[Central Railway]] Zone of [[Indian Railways]] on 5 November 1951 <ref>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm “Indian Railways – Railway Board “Evolution of Indian Railways” )]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>. The ’Gwalior-Sipri Section’; the ’Gwalior-Bhind Section’ and the '[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]]' have apparently all closed.

Renamed '''Scindia State Railway''' between 1942 and 1944Modern reports indicate that only the ’Gwallior-Sheopur-Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, it was nationalised working in 1950 and in 1951, merged with others to form 2009 as part of the [[Central RailwayIndian Railways]], a zone service. A distance of 124 miles through the suburbs of Indian RailwaysGwalior to Sheopur Kalan <ref>[http://vikaschander.com/upper-class-to-sheopur-kalan/ “Upper Class to Sheopur Kalan by Vikas Chander posted 6 Feb 2014)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.