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The '''Holkar State Railway''' opened in 1874 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’(GIPR)]] station at [[Khandwa]] running northward, reaching [[Indore]] in 1876 with the opening of the '''[[Holkar-Narmada Bridge]]''' over the River Narmada. The length of the line was 86 miles(138km). The line was financed by the Maharaja of Holkar of [[Indore]] and was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Indore State]]. ''The railway marked in '''Blue''' on the map''.
The line was initially worked jointly with the MG [[Sindia-Neemuch State Railway|‘Sindia-Neemuch State Railway’ - '''see separate page for information'']] which opened northward from [[Indore]]. Together the two lines were worked as a joint operation under the title the '''[[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch State RailwayRailways]]'''.
Some records refer to this railway as the ‘Holkar Division’ (Khandwa to Indore, 86 Miles/138km) and the ‘Indore Division’ (Indore to Rutlam, 74 miles/119km plus Ujjain Branch, 12 miles/19km). These being divisions of the ‘[[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch State RailwayRailways]]’ <ref name=Holkar&SNR>British Library ‘India Office Records’ IOR/V/24/3590 ‘Report on the progress and administration of the Holkar and Sindia-Neemuch State Railways, 1878/79’</ref>.
An objection from the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’(GIPR)]] to the construction of this line to the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) describes this line as the [[Khundwah and Indore Railway Gauge Objection| '''Khundwah and Indore Railway ''' - ''see separate page for further information'']]. The objection was that this railway should be constructed as a broad gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line to provide an unbroken link between the GIPR and the NWR - both being BG systems. This objection was overruled by the [[Government of India]] and metre gauge lines were permitted [[Rail gauge#Gauge Question|''See page ‘Gauge Question’ for further information'']]
==Further Information==
See also '''[[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch State RailwayRailways]] '''
<br>see'''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' for period from 1881-82 to 1900
<br>and '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]''' from 1900 onwards
