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==History==
Originally named '''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 Jodhpur Railway from scratch over the ensuing 25 years..1889; In July 1882 the Marwar-Pali section was opened to traffic; by March 1885 the railway to Jodhpur had been declared open.
In 1889, the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Jodpur State]] and [[Bikhaner State]] formed the '''[[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]]''' (JBR) to promote railway development jointly within the Rajasthan Agency.
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 '''Jodhpur State Railway''' (JSR) was created and took over responsibility for working the [[Jodhpur]] section of the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]], including the British section of the [[Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway]].
