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==Early History==
The Maharaja of [[Holkar]], in 1870, offered a loan for the construction of a rail-line to his capital city of Indore, taking off from the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) mainline at Khandwa.
<ref>[http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1397109746468-history_1.pdf Indian Railways "History of Ratlam Division"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.geocities.ws/manasampc/dp.html Geocities "Neesmuch - Railways"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
The alignment was to pass through Sanawad, Kheree Ghat on the Narmada and then by way of the Choral Valley up the slopes of the Vindhyas to Indore. Maharaja Holkar’s contribution accelerated the construction of rail-lines in Malwa region.
The Holkar Railway required very heavy works due to very steep gradients(u pto 1 in 40) on the Vindhya Ghats. It also involved digging of 4 tunnels, deep cuttings and heavy retaining walls. The River Narmada was crossed by a brigde of 14 spans, 197 feet each and piers 80 feet above low water level. There are 14 other large bridges with high piers, the highest pier being 152 feet above the bottom of the ravine.
The first section Khandwa-Sanawad was opened for traffic on 1.12.1874. The Narmada Bridge was opened for traffic on 5.10.1876 it was named the ‘Holkar-Narmada Bridge’.
==Amalgamation==
In 1900 the RMSR was merged into the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR), becoming the latter's Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) section; known as Ratlam Division of BB&CIR..
==External LinksReferences == *[http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1397109746468-history_1.pdf History of Ratlam Division]*[http://www.geocities.ws<references /manasampc/dp.html Neesmuch - Railways]>
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