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1937 Admin info, Statistics and Classification and minor corrections added
{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Gwalior]] to [[Bhind]]<br>[[Gwalior]] to [[Sipri]]([[Shivpuri]])<br>[[Gwalior]] to [[Sheopur|Sheopur Kalan]]
|gauge1= 2' 0" NG
|gauge1details= 183 miles (1905)
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|timeline1date= 1899
|timeline1details= First two sections opened to traffic
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|timeline4date= 1950
|timeline4details= Nationalised
|timeline5date= 1951
|timeline5details= Merged into [[Central Railway]] (IR zone)
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bhind]], [[Gwalior]], [[Sabalgarh]], [[Sipri]]([[Shivpuri]]), [[Sheopur|Sheopur Kalan]]
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|system1details= Indian State line worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|GIPR]]
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[[File: Gwallior Light Railway.png|thumb| '''Gwalior Light Railway''']]
The '''Gwalior Light Railway'''(GLR) developed a series of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch lines, owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Gwalior State]] and radiating from the city of [[Gwalior]], originally worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).
“The Gwalior Light Railway is the property of the Gwalior Durbar by whom it was constructed and is maintained, stocked and worked. The working of the trains and traffic of the line was under the control of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]Company up to 30 June 1913”<ref name =Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n251/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 242 (pdf251)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
The ‘[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]]’, opened 1932 as part of GLR ''(see note below) ''
==Early History==
In the early 1890s Maharaja Madhava Rao Scindia established a private 2ft gauge railway, using
20lb rails, in the grounds of his- palace at Gwalior with subsequent extensions (24lb rails) to the Mora residency, the state farm and a hunting lodge. He then opted for a much more extensive system for public traffic, using a heavier 30lb rail, and lines were opened from Gwalior north-east to Bhind (1899), south-west to Shivpuri (1899) and westwards to Sheopur Kalan (1904-9). From 1900 the railways were worked by the GIPR who took the gross receipts, deducted traffic expenses plus 12 ½ % for maintenance of accommodation and permanent way plus 10% general charges, the balance going to the Gwalior Durbar<ref name=Hughes>“Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Paragraph 20 Page 46 </ref>.
From June 1913 the working and maintenance of the GLR reverted to the Gwalior Durbar<ref name =Admin1918/>
==Gwalior Light Railway Lines in 1937==
Total line length 295 miles(473km) <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.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 progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 281 pdf 324]; Retrieved 1 Aug 2020</ref>.
* ‘Gwalior-Sipri (Shivpuri) Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior]] to [[Sipri|Sipri(Shivpuri)]], 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/>
* ‘Gwalior-Sheopur Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, [[Gwalior]] to [[Sabalgarh]], opened 1904; reaching [[Sheopur|Sheopur Kalan]], 1909, 122 miles(197km) <ref name =Admin1918/>
* ‘Mozar Cantonment, Suburban Extension’, 1924, 1.6 miles(3km)
* ‘Gwallor-Kampoo,Suburban Extension’, 1925, 3.2 miles(6km
* ‘[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]], 1932, 42 miles(67km ). ''This isolated line from Agar to Ujjain is 240 miles from Gwalior<ref name=Hughes/>. 'The location of Agar has not been identified and it is reported that this line was closed. ''
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 <ref name=Hist1937/>
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==History after 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.
Modern reports indicate that only the ‘Gwalior-Sheopur-Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, was working in 2009 as part of the [[Indian Railways]] service. A distance of 124 miles through the suburbs of Gwalior 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>.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
