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'''Hyderabad State Railway''' was the description given in 1871-72 to the original system of railways to be constructed with funds provided by the Nizam. The system included <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP597&pg=GBS.RA13-PA38 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; Hyderabad State Railway” Paras 88, page 37, pdf 598]; Retrieved 27 Jun 2020</ref>:-* [[Rail_gauge#REDIRECT Broad_Gauge| broad gauge 5 feet 6 Inches(BG)]] railway under construction from [[Goolburga]] to [[Hyderabad]]. *Also narrow gauge lines from [[Hyderabad]], [[Secunderabad]] and [[Warrungal]] in a north-easterly direction to join the Chanda coal fields *And a narrow gauge line from [[Warangal]] in a south-easterly direction towards the coast at [[Masulipatam ]]. ==Fibis Comment==*The [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge| broad gauge 5 feet 6 Inches(BG)]] from Goolburga to [[Hyderabad]]. Goolburga has not been identified but must have been Wadi Junction on the [[Great India Peninsula Railway. When it opened in 1874 it was called the [[Nizam's Railway|'''Nizam's Railway''' - ''see separate page'']] .* The narrow gauge line described was constructed as a BG extension opened 1874 from [[Hyderabad]] to [[Secunderbad]] and formed the [[Wadi-Secunderbad Railway| '''Wadi-Secunderbad Railway'''- ''see separate page'']].* The further extension described to [[Warrungal]] was constructed by the successor ‘[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]’ as a BG line and opened in 1886 as part of the [[Hyderabad Main Line| '''Hyderabad Main Line'''- ''see separate page'']].*The Chandra Coal fields described were not accessed by the ‘[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]]’. These coalfields were part of the [[Jharia Coalfield Railways| '''Jharia Coalfield Development''' - ''see separate page'']] and accessed from the eastern direction.*The narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from [[Warangal]] in a south-easterly direction towards the coast at [[Masulipatam]]. This line had first been proposed as the [[Masulipatam and Hyderabad Light Railway|'''Masulipatam and Hyderabad Tramway/Light Railway''']] but was not developed until 1915. == References ==<references />
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