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The '''Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway''' (JBR) was a metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) system, jointly owned and operated by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Jodhpur State]] and [[Bikhaner State]] until 1924 when the system was split between the newly-formed [[Jodhpur State Railway|Jodhpur]] and [[Bikhaner State Railway|Bikhaner State Railways]].
== History ==
The JBR had its beginnings in a section of metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway built for the [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]] between [[Marwar]] and [[Luni]]. Later this section was extended to [[Jodhpur]] and formed the first '''[[Jodhpur State Railway|Jodhpur Railway]]'''. [[Walter Home]] was, in April 1882, deployed from the [[Public Works Department]] Railways Branch, appointed as Manager for the construction of the Jodhpur Railway and also in-charge of the Marwar State Public Works Department . He built the Jodhpur Railway from scratch over the ensuing 25 years.
In 1889, the two States of Jodhpur and Bikhaner formed the '''Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway''' (JBR) to promote railway development jointly within the Rajasthan Agency.
In 1891, rapid progress was made in constructing the railway from [[Jodhpur]] to [[Bikaner]], later (1901-1902) extended to [[Bhatinda]] where the JBR connected with the Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) section of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]], and the Broad Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[North Western Railway|North Western]] and the [[Southern Punjab Railway|Southern Punjab Railways]].
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n193/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 185 to 192]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016</ref>
By 1906 the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]] was having operations over 828 miles in the territories of Sind (under British control) and in territories of the States of Jodhpur and Bikaner. In October 1906 [[Walter Home]] resigned.
In 1924, the JBR was split into its two constituent parts, with two new systems, the [[Jodhpur State Railway|Jodhpur]] and [[Bikhaner State Railway|Bikhaner State Railways]], formed to work the lines.
