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'''Rajputana State Railway'''
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
1870/71 Report and internal link added
[[File:Rajputana State Railway.png|thumb|Rajputana State Railway]]
== History ==
The ’'''Rajputana State Railway'''’(RSR), the first Imperial State Railway, was formed tin 1869 by the joining the proposed ‘[[Rajputana - Agra District Railway]] ’ and the ‘[[Rajputana - Delhi District Railway]] ’ and was placed under the control of the Government of the [[North-West Provinces]]. It was divided into two districts; the Agra District from Agra to Ajmer and the Delhi District from Delhi to a point of junction of the two districts (chosen later at Bandikui). Each District was supervised by a Superintending Engineer.
The survey of the Delhi-Rewari line began in May 1869 and the project was sanctioned by the autumn. The earth work on this line based on 5 feet 6 inch broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) alignment began in April 1870 and was done departmentally. In January 1871, it was determined that all new railways should be constructed as metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and the estimates were revised accordingly. [[ Frederick Smith Stanton|Major F. S. Stanton]] was appointed at this stage to head the Delhi Division. The [[1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Progress_on_State_lines._Paragraphs_5-10.3B_Pages_3-4| “1870-71 Annual Report for Indian Railways]] uses the title ‘Rajpootana Railway’ with 370 miles (595km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) sanctioned for construction.
In 1871 the Government resolved for the RSR to undertake the construction of metre-gauge railways in Rajputana, to facilitate the supply of salt from the Great Salt Lake at Sambhar to the North-West Provinces, and to get rid of the vexatious salt-customs barrier. [[Frederick Smith Stanton|Captain Stanton]] was selected to take charge of the construction <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Smith_Stanton "Grace's Guide - Frederick Smith Stanton”]; Retrieved on 18 May 2019</ref>.
The RSR mainline from [[Delhi]] opened to [[Rewari]], together with the ‘[[Farukhnagar Salt Branch Railway]]’, in Feb 1873 and extended to [[Bandakui]] in Dec 1874 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n31/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf31)]; Retrieved 18 May 2019</ref>.
In 1875, the line had extended as far as [[Ajmer]] with the aim to reach [[Ahmadabad]] and to connect to the Broad Gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) of the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’(BB&CIR).
The RSR further extended their line from [[Ajmer]] as far as Beawur, 32 miles(51km) which opened in May 1878,<ref name=Admin/>.
At Beawur the line became the [[Western Rajputana State Railway|’ Western ‘Western Rajputana State Railway’ ''(shown in blue on map and see separate page)'']] which reached [[Ahmadabad]], a distance from Beawur of 272 miles(438km), in 1879.
* ‘RSR Mainline’ was the classification of the entire [[Delhi]] to [[Ahmadabad]]line following the completion, apparently absorbing the ‘[[Western Rajputana State Railway]]’
* [[Farukhnagar Salt Branch Railway|‘Farukhnagar SaltBranch Salt Branch ’ ''(see separate page)'']] became classified as a branch of ‘RSR Mainline’
* ‘RSR Agra Branch’ was the classification of the section from [[Agra]] to [[Bandikui]], where it met the mainline.
* ‘[[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]]’, Neemuch to Ajmer, the construction was started in 1879, and the work completed in March 1881
All these State railways were worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR).
<br>In 1900 the RMSR was merged into the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’ (BB&CIR), becoming the latter's Metre Gaugemetre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) section; known as Ratlam Division of BB&CIR.
==Records==
*[[Frederick Nicholas Gutersloh]], 1880-91, RSR Locomotive Superintendent, which by amalgamation of other lines in 1883 became the [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]](RMSR) <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA510=&dq Google Books "India List and India Office List -1905" page 510]; Retrieved on 19 Aug 2016</ref>.
*[[Willoughby Verner Constable]], 1882, RSR Assistant Manager <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
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==Further Information==
*General inform. see also '''[[Rajputana Territory Railways]]'''
*From 1881-82, see page '''[[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]]'''
*From 1900, see page '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''
== References ==
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