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The [[Hyderabad State Railway|'''Hyderabad State Railway''Nizam's Railway- ''see separate page'' opened 1874 as a privately owned railway; it had its beginnings ]] was the description given in a line built privately by the Nizam, 1871-72 to the dismay original system of railways to be constructed with funds provided by the British authorities. The [[Wadi-Secunderbad Railway]] broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, from [[Wadi]] Junction to [[Secunderabad]], opened 1874, 115 miles(185km) Nizam <ref name=Admin_p.98>[https://archiveplay.orggoogle.com/streambooks/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n107/mode/1up “Administration reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP597&pg=GBS.RA13-PA38 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways 1918” in India for 1871-72; Hyderabad State Railway” Paras 88, page 98 (pdf107)37, pdf 598]; Retrieved 1 Dec 201627 Jun 2020</ref>.
Paragraph added re 'Hyderabad State Railway
<br>The Report states “The railway from Goolburga, on the Great India Peninsula, to Hyderabad, which is to be constructed with funds provided by the Nizam, has been laid out and commenced. It will be about 116 miles in length, and will go by Secunderabad and Trimulgherry. At the particular desire of the Nizam this line will be constructed on the broad gauge”<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/18145 Online pdf version ‘Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics’ “Administration Report on the Railways in India for 1870-71”, para 10, page/pdf 4 ]; Retrieved 26 June 2020</ref>.
The '''Nizam's Railway''' opened 1874 as a privately owned railway; it had its beginnings in a line built privately by the Nizam, to the dismay of the British authorities. The ‘[[Wadi-Secunderbad Railway]]’ broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, from [[Wadi]] Junction to [[Secunderabad]], opened 1874, 115 miles(185km) <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>. The line was worked by ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] Company’(GIPR) until the end of 1878 with its own rolling stock.
From January 1879 to 31st December 1884 it was worked by the State Railway agency of the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]). [[Howard William Warden]] from the [[Public Works Department]] - [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] was appointed Manager of Nizam's Railway in 1883 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA640 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 640 (pdf page 603)] Retrieved on 22 May 2016</ref>.
