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The earliest sections, operating as '''Nizam’s Railway''', were commenced during the 1870s, variously financed, constructed and operated.
Up to end of 1878 the line was worked by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) Company with its own rolling stock. From January 1879 to 31st December 1884 it was worked by the State Railway agency and from January 1885 by NGSR
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 98]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1883, a management company, '''Nizam's Guaranteed Railway''', was formed to gradually take over these lines, under the provision of a guarantee from the Government of HEH the Nizam of Hyderabad State.
*[http://irfca.org/docs/history/hyderabad.html "Hyderabad - Imperial Gazetteer of India"] References extracted from the Imperial Gazetteer (1909) by R Sivaramakrishnan, posted 18 August 2008 (''The IRFCA Server'' : accessed 01 December 2008).
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