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The '''Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway''' was a Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line and connected [[Neemuch]] to [[Ajmer]], the . The construction was started in 18791875, and the work completed in March 1881. Also known as the '''Rutlam Neemuch Nusserbad Railway''', the engineer [[Horace Bell]] is recorded as being deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]] to this railway for a short time in late 1875.
In 1881-82, the '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' (RMSR) was created amalgamating, under single management, existing State Railways:-
*'''Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway''' together with*[[Rajputana State Railway]] (RSR), which by 1874 connected [[Delhi]] to [[Agra]] via [[Alwar]] and [[Bandikui]] in 1874, extended to [[Ajmer]] in 1875 with the aim to reach [[Ahmadabad]].*[[Holkar State Railway]], which had opened 1874 from [[Khandwa ]] reaching [[Indore]], 1876.*[[Scindia-Neemuch Railway]] from [[Indore ]] to [[Nimach]], including a branch line from [[Indore ]] to [[Ujjain ]] opened in August 1876 . The entire line was completed in 1879-80*'''Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway'''
*[[Western Rajputana State Railway]], known to have existed but no information found.
All these railways were worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States State Railways]]
