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Revision to '1924 onwards' later history
In 1936-37 the route mileage for the JSR had expanded to 767 miles(1234km); they were also operating the British section of the [[Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway]](British Section), expanded to 239 miles(384km) and also the [[Mirpur Khas-Khadro Railway]], 49 miles(79km). All these being metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines <ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India – Railway Department’, page 116, pdf 147 ]; Retrieved 18 Apr 2020</ref>.
At Independence in 1947, the British section western portions of the ‘[[Jodhpur-Hyderabad State Railway]] and ’,the western portions of Jodhpur ‘[[Bikaner State Railway ]]’ and the British section of the ‘[[Bikaner State Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway]] was ’ were ceded to the government of Pakistan becoming part of ‘[[Pakistan Railways]]’<ref>[http://rajasthanhistory.com/gpage5.html “History of Rail in Rajasthan” by Dr Mohanlal Gupta, Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Rajasthan, Jodhpur]; Retrieved 18 Nov 2016</ref>.
The remaining eastern portions of the ‘[[Jodhpur State Railway ]]’, excluding the ‘Marwar-Phulad Section’ and the ‘[[Bikaner State Railway]] ’ became part of the of [[Northern Division of Indian Railway| ‘Indian Railways - Northern Railway Zone’ ]] in 1952.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]] ''' for period up to 1924
== References ==
