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The Scindia State In 1942 the [[Gwalior Light Railway was nationalised in 1950 and in 1951]] 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-Sheopur Kalan Section’, 2ft (610mm) NG, merged with others Gwallior to form Sabalgarh, opened 1904; reaching Sheopur Kalan, 1909, 124 miles(200km) <ref name =Admin1918/>*'[[Central Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]]', a zone opened 1932 as part of Indian RailwaysGLR. -Approximate line length 44 miles(72km)
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The '''Scindia State Railway''' was until 1942 known as the '''[[Gwalior Light Railway]]'''. The name was changed between 1942 and 1944..
The railway 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 by . 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 (GIPRpdf251)]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2016</ref>.
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-Bhind Section’ and the [[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]] have apparently all closed.
Modern reports indicate that only the ’Gwallior-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 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 Information==
Prior to 1942 see '''[[Gwalior Light Railway]]'''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category: Indian States Railways]][[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
