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== History ==
The '''Rajputana State Railway''' was formed by the joining of the [[Rajputana - Agra District Railway]] and the [[Rajputana - Delhi District Railway]]. The line was metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and the initial construction started in 1873. [[Delhi]] was linked to [[Agra]] via [[Alwar]] and [[Bandikui]] in 1874.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1879, the RSR was again authorised to build new lines in metre gauge.
In 1881-82, the '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]''' (RMSR) was created amalgamating, under single management, existing State Railways:-
*Rajputana State Railway (RSR)
*[[Holkar State Railway]], which had opened 1874 from Khandwa reaching Indore, 1876.
*[[Western Rajputana State Railway]], known to have existed but no information found.
All these State railways were worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 11 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
* V/24/3587; “India. Public Works Department: Administration report of the Rajputana State Railway, 1871/72-1874/75”
*R/V/24/3590; "Public Works Department: Railways" which includes "Administration report on the Rajputana State Railway, 1878/79”
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
