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Originally constructed as a steam tramway and also known as the the '''Pipar Road-Ravi Light Railway''', the '''Pipar-Bilara Light Railway''' was a short (25 mile) 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway. The line first opened in 1910 from [[Pipar]] Road to [[Bhavi]] and extended to reach [[Bilara]] in 1912; owned by the State of [[Princely states|Princely ]][[JodhpurState]] who worked the line up to February 1913 when the working was taken over by [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]].
<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 192]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>
