Rajputana State Railway

From FIBIwiki
Revision as of 10:01, 21 November 2015 by PEA-2292 (talk | contribs) (Data added, links checked, Work-in-progress removed)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Rajputana State Railway(RSR)

History

Originally called the Rajputana State Railway(RSR), initial construction in 1873 and 1874 was to link Delhi to Agra via Alwar and Bandikui. In 1875, the line had extended as far as Ajmer with the aim to reach Ahmadabad and to connect to the Broad Gauge (BG) of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).

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:-

All these railways were worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) State Railways; all worked by BB&CIR.