Gwalior Light Railway

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Gwalior Light Railway
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Line of route
Gwalior to Bhind
Gwalior to Shivpur
Gwalior to Sipri
Gauge / mileage
2' 0" NG 183 miles (1905)
Timeline
1899 First two sections opened to traffic
c1944 Renamed Scindia State Railway
1950 Nationalised
1951 Merged into Central Railway (IR zone)
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Bhind, Gwalior, Sabalgarh, Shivpur, Sipri
System agency
Indian State line worked by GIPR
How to interpret this infobox

Originally known as the Agra-Gwalior Railway.

In about 1899 it was renamed the Gwalior Light Railway(GLR) and develpoed a series of 2' 0" Narrow Gauge(NG) branchlines, owned by the Princely Gwalior State and radiating from the city of Gwalior, worked by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR). [1]

The Mohari-Karauli Railway, opened 1916-17 was originally part of Dholpur-Bari Light Railway; later transferred to GLR.

The Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway, opened 1932 as part of 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.

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