Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway

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Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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Line of route
Wadi to Bezwada
Hyderabad to Manmad
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 351 miles (1905)
Metre gauge 391 miles (1905)
Timeline
1870 Private railway worked by company
1879 State railway worked by company
1950 Nationalisation
1951 Central Railway (IR)
Key locations
Presidency Madras
Stations Warangal
System agency
Worked by
Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
How to interpret this infobox
Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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System timeline
Constituent companies / lines
1874 Wadi-Secunderabad Railway (BG)
1889 Bezwada Extension Railway (BG)
1901 Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway (MG)
Key locations
Headquarters Secunderabad
Workshops
Major Stations Warangal
Successor system / organisation
1950 Nationalisation
1951 Central Railway (IR)
System mileage
Associated auxiliary force
How to interpret this infobox

The full style of the system was His Exalted Highness, The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway which had its beginnings in a line built privately by the NIzam, to the dismay of the British authorities.


Reference list

  • Stone, Edward Herbert, The Nizam’s State Railway. Illustrated by Photographs (London: 1876). [Copy held on open shelves, APAC Reading Room, British Library.]


Sources