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'Broad Gauge' GIPR beginnings of this railway added with references
The '''Scindia State Railway''' ==Broad Gauge (BG) Railway==First known as the '''[[Sindia State Railway]]''' constructed as a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from [[Gwalior]] to [[Agra]] and completed in 1881 and also described as the [[Agra-Gwalior Railway]]. The railway, owned by Gwalior Durbar, appears to have been worked independently until 1885 when the [[Indian Midland Railway]] (IMR), a state agency, was formed to undertake the working of several existing broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch lines. The IMR worked this line for a short time until 1942 known as amalgamation in 1900 into the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) becoming part of the ‘Midland Section GIPR Mainline’<ref name =AdminGIPR>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>. The 1918 Administation Report <ref name =AdminGIPR/> uses the spelling '''Scindia State Railway''' in refering to this broad gauge section of the GIPR network. ==Further BG Information==Up to 1885 see '''[[Sindia State Railway]]'''<br>1885 to 1900 see '''[[Indian Midland Railway]]'''<br>From 1900 see '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' ==Narrow Gauge (NG) Railway==The '''[[Gwalior Light Railway]]''', a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) network became the '''Scindia State Railway''' in 1942.
The 1918 Administration Reports states “The Gwallior Light Railway was the property of the Gwallior Durbar by whom it was constructed and is maintained, stocked and worked. The working of the trains and traffic of the line was under the control of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]Company up to 30 June 1913”<ref name =Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n251/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 242 (pdf251)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
In 1942 the [[Gwalior Light Railway]] Lines were a total line length 249 miles(473km)
*’Gwalior-Sipri Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior ]] to [[Sipri]], opened 1899, 74 miles(118km) <ref name =Admin1918/> *’Gwalior-Bhind Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, from [[Gwalior ]] to [[Bhind]], opened 1899, 52 miles(83km) <ref name =Admin1918/>*’Gwallior’Gwalior-Sheopur Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, Gwallior [[Gwalior]] to Sabalgarh, opened 1904; reaching [[Sheopur Kalan]], 1909, 124 miles(200km) <ref name =Admin1918/>
*'[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]]', opened 1932 as part of GLR. Approximate line length 44 miles(72km)
The railway was renamed '''[[Scindia State Railway]]''' in 1942 after the Scindia family who ruled Gwalior until India's independence <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scindia Wikipedia “Scindia” )]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
Following partition in 1947, the [[Scindia State Railway]] came under the control of the Government of India on 1 August 1950 with a route length of 294 miles(473km). The railway became part of the [[Central Railway]] Zone of [[Indian Railways]] on 5 November 1951 <ref>[http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/railwayboard/uploads/codesmanual/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm “Indian Railways – Railway Board “Evolution of Indian Railways” ]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
The ’Gwalior-Sipri Section’; the ’Gwalior'Gwalior-Bhind Section’ and the [[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]] have apparently all closed.
Modern reports indicate that only the ’Gwallior’Gwalior-Sheopur-Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, was working in 2009 as part of the [[Indian Railways]] service. A distance of 124 miles through the suburbs of Gwallior Gwalior to Sheopur Kalan <ref>[http://vikaschander.com/upper-class-to-sheopur-kalan/ “Upper Class to Sheopur Kalan by Vikas Chander posted 6 Feb 2014)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
==Further NG Information==
Prior to 1942 see '''[[Gwalior Light Railway]]'''
