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== 'Nizam’s Railway ' Lines (up to 1883)==*'''[[Wadi-Secunderbad Railway]]''' broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, from [[Wadi]] Junction to [[Secunderabad]], opened 1874, 115 miles(185km). Financed by Nizam of Hyderabad later became part of , first operated as [[Nizam's Railway]] which in 1883 formed Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. The 6 mile section [[Hyderabad]] to [[Secunderabad]] was in 1901 converted to mixed gauge (BG and metre gauge[[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) to enable the MG [[Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway]] MG line to reach [[Hyderabad]] <ref name=Admin_p.98>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n107/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 98 (pdf107)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>

== 'Nizam’s Guaranteed State Railway ' Lines (1883-1930)=='''Broad Gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) Lines'''*'''[[Hyderabad Main Line]] '''. The BG [[BalharshahWadi-Secunderbad Railway]] was extended to [[Warangal ]], 1886; [[Dornakal]] Junction, 1888; Bona Kalu, 1888 to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, 1889. Giving a total of 310 miles(499km) <ref name=Admin_p.98/>. The line joined to the [[Bezwada Extension Railway]], opened in stages 1924-28.*'''[[Bezwada Extension Railway]]''', BG, opened 1889 as south west east extension.*to the [[Hyderabad Main Line]] from the Hyderabad/British Frontier to [[Bezwada]] Station (where there was a interchange to the [[Hingoli Branch Southern Mahratta Railway]], opened 1920 as link MG line to ). Line length Hyderabad-Godaveri Valley Railway22 miles(35km). <ref name=Admin_p.98/>.**‘Hyderabad Branch’ BG, opened 1874 from [[Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway]]to Hussain Sagar, opened 19003.6 miles(5km) in northern suburbs. **’Mineral Branch’ BG, also known as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Rly * [[Karepalli-Kothagudem Singareni Coal Fields Railway]], opened 1927 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway1888 from [[Dornakal]] Junction to Singareni Coalfields, 16 miles(26km) ) <ref name=Admin_p.98/>*'''[[Kazipet-Balharshah Railway]]''' BG, opened 1929in stages 1924-27<ref name=Nizam>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lH0ACAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=Jankampet-Bodhan+Railway&source=bl&ots=Zj3t6kA322&sig=vpVhouu3JoxhgbVuK1fT4Rzifog&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e49uVYXeOcLjUaWig4AL&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Jankampet-Bodhan%20Railway&f=false Google Books “The History of Nizam’s Railways System” by Dr. Santosh Jaganath, pages 97-98]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>, from Kazipet via Pedipalli, Ramsgundah, Asifahbad Road to Balharshah. Section of Nizam's NGSR Guaranteed Railway linking [[Chennai]] directly with [[Delhi]].Total line length 145 miles (232km) <ref name=scholey>”Indian railways new chronology” by Keith Scholey, May 2015</ref>. The completion of this line created the*'''[[ParbhaniBalharshah-Purli Warangal Railway]]''', BG, opened 1929 as part was created on the completion in 1927 of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway*the [[Purna JunctionKazipet-Hingoli Balharshah Railway]], opened 1929 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway above.*'''[[SecunderabadKarepalli-Gadwal Kothagudem Railway]]''', BG, opened 1916 1926 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway NGSR from Karepalli to Kothagudem (Bhadrachalam Road), 24½ miles(39km)*'''[[Singareni Coal Fields Vicrabad-Bidar Railway]]''', BG, opened c.1920 as part of 1930 and extended 1932 <ref name=Nizam's Guaranteed Railway/> from Vikarabad via Mohamadabad Bidar and Udgir to Parli Vaijnath<ref name=scholey/>

== Nizam’s State Lines '''Metre Gauge (after 1930[[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])== Lines'''*'''[[JankampetHyderabad-Bodhan Godavari Valley Railway]]''', MG, opened 19391899-1900, as part of NGSR from [[Hyderabad]] to [[Manmad]] via Jalna, Sailu, Parbhani, Purna Junction, Nander, Sivungaon, [[Secunderabad]]. Part Total 391 miles(629km) including the 6 mile mixed gauge (MG and BG) section of NizamMainline into [[Hyderabad]] <ref name=Admin_p.103>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n111/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 103 (pdf111)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>**'[[Hingoli Branch Railway]]'s State , MG, opened 1912, as part of NGSR from Hingoli to Purna Junction on the [[Hyderabad-Godaveri Valley Railway ]], 50 miles(80km) ]] <ref name=Admin_p.102>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n110/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 102 (pdf110)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>*'''[[VikarabadSecunderabad-Gadwal Railway]]''', MG, also known as '''Secunderabad-Bidar Dronachellam Railway''' <ref name=Nizam/>, opened in stages from 1916, as part of NGSR from [[Secunderabad]]south west to [[Gadwal]] via Timmapur, Chatanpali, Balanager, Gullapalli, Jadcharla, Mashbubnager, Kurumurti, Wanaparti Road, reached in 1917, 108 miles(173km) <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n113/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 104-105 (pdf112-113]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref> The final 13 miles(21km) section to [[Gadwal]] was opened 1930 in 1922. The line was subsequently extended via Allumpur Road, a further 28 miles(45km),1925; and extended 1932 to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, a further 7 miles(11km) in 1928 <ref name=scholey/>.*'''[[Parbhani-Purli Railway]]''', MG, opened 1929 as part of NGSR <ref name=Nizam/> from Parhhani Junction to Purli Vaijnath via Gangakher, 39 miles (62km) <ref name=scholey/>. =='Nizam’s State Railway' Lines (1930-1950)==[[File:Nizam's Railway System 1937 Map.png|thumb|Nizam's Railway System 1937 Map]] The 1936-37 Report <ref>“Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-373” page 118 (pdf150)</ref> gives only the summaries:-*Nizam’s State Railway, BG, Class I railway, 667 miles(1073km). *Bezwada Extension, BG, Class I railway, 22 miles(35km). State Railway worked by Nizam’s State Railway *Nizam’s State Railway, MG, Class I railway, 623 miles(1002km) .*Dronachellam(Dhone)-Kurnool-British Frontier, MG, Class I railway, 36 miles(58km). State railway, worked by by Nizam’s State Railway *Jankampet-Budaon Railway, MG, construction commenced 1936, 12 miles(19km) length. Primarily as a siding to serve a sugar factory at Budaon and to assist in the transport of machinery etc to the factory also for passenger traffic <ref>”Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37” page 42</ref>. Line opened 1938 <ref name=Nizam/> ==Later Development==Indian Railways (IR), '''[[Central Railway]] Zone''' (CR) was formed on 5 November 1951 by grouping several government-owned railways, including the ‘Nizam's State Railway’

There is one record '''Miscellaneous Records'''*[[William Coupar Rennie]], 1869, posted from PWD to Nizam's Railwayon survey and construction <ref name=rennie>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/William_Coupar_Rennie Grace's Guide "William Coupar Rennie"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>*[[Henry Dangerfield]], 1872 June, posted from PWD to Nizam's Railway, the construction of which was just commencing. He remained on that line for upwards of five years and a half; first for a short time as Assistant Engineer, and subsequently as Executive Engineer in charge of an important division, the construction of which he carried to completion. At the opening of that line in 1876 July, he was appointed to take charge as Manager and Engineer-in-Chief <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Henry_Dangerfield Grace's Guide "Henry Dangerfield"] Retrieved on 25 Jul 2016</ref>.*[[Robert Edwin Wright]], 1872-1877, Assistant Engineer, first grade, promoted to Executive Engineer 4th grade in 1875 <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=xQhRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA320&lpg=PA320&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Volume 94, ‘Obituary - Robert Edwin Wright’]; Retrieved 3 Apr 2020</ref>.*[[Willoughby Charles Furnivall]] was 'on loan' from [[Railway Branch - PWD]] during the period 1874-90 in charge of a number of locally administered State railways, which included the Nizams State Railway (NSR) <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.222 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers in Great Britain and Ireland - Furnivall, Willoughby Charles"]; Retrieved on 21 Jul 2016</ref>. '''1905 Civil List for '''*[[George Pringle Rose]], Executive Engineer from the [[Public Works Department]] - [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]], 'lent to Nizam's government, April 1895 and to Nizam's State Railway Company, July 1807 to Oct 1900 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA604 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 604 (pdf page 567)] Retrieved on 27 May 2016</ref>.