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The [[ '''Sindia State Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line connecting [[Agra] construction commenced ] to [[Gwalior]] via [[Dholpur]]. The ‘Gwalior-Hetampur’ section opened in 1876 Dec 1879 and the Engineers‘Dholpur-Agra’ section inJan 1879. The [[Chambal Rail Bridge]] was opened on 15 May 1881 completing the ‘Hetampur-Charge being Dholpu’ section thus directly linking [[William MichellGwalior]] and to [[Horace BellAgra|Agra Cantonment]]. , 76 miles(122km) <refname=Admin65>[httphttps://wwwarchive.gracesguide.co.ukorg/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/Sindia_State_Railway Graces Guide "Sindia State Railway"1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015 19 Feb 2018</ref>

The railway ‘Sindia State Railway’ was operating out of [[Agra|Agra Cantonment]] station, with an interchange with [[Rajputana State Railway]] <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/18177 “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1883-84 by Colonel F S Stanton, Director General of Railways” Appendix J -click on GIPE-015955-Contents.pdf; pdf 31 of 61]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref> ''(The [[Rajputana State Railway]] opened in 1881 -82 became the [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]] until 1885 when it became part of the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’(BB&CIR)).''  The ‘Sindia State Railway’ was from 1885 worked by the Maharaja ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’(IMR) which had a comparatively brief existence. The ‘Scindia State Railway’ was handed over to the IMR under a Contract dated March 1890. <ref> British Library IOR/L/F/8/13 (953) ‘Contract with the Indian Midland Railway Company Limited as to the handing over of the Sindia State Railway’, 18 March 1890</ref>.  Later in 1990 the IMR was amalgamated with the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR). This Gwalior-Agra line then became part of Gwalior the [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Mainline |‘GIPR Midland Mainline’ ]] between [[Bhopal]] and [[Agra]] <ref name=Admin65/>[ [[File:Sindia State Railway 1.png|right|400px|'''Sindia State Railway''']]==Survey and Construction==The first [[Railway Branch - PWD|Public Works Department(PWD) - Railway Branch]] Surveys were undertaken in 1872 and 4 separate routes were surveyed and submitted to the Government. Little happened until 1874 when the staff were transferred to Bengal on Famine relief. In August that year the orders were received to build a 5ft 6inch gauge railway via Dholpur and operated under crossing the management Chambal River near Bher. Some of Sir W S S Bissett the staff were recalled and the 34 miles from Agra were laid out <ref name=IOR>British Library ‘India Office Records’ until 1885V/24/3590 “Sindia State Railway Administration Report” 1878-79</ref> The construction of the ‘Sindia State Railway’ commenced in 1876 and the Engineers-in-Charge being [[William Michell]] and [[Horace Bell]].<ref>[httpshttp://bookswww.googlegracesguide.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA442&lpg=PA442&dq=BISSET+Sir+William+Sinclair+Smith+Bengal&source=bl&ots=eoLyW1kBT8&sig=fOAaf04oXbgT5vtpEHYMWz7rRLc&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqw_e1otnJAhWFMBoKHRRdDkEQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=BISSET%20Sir%20William%20Sinclair%20Smith%20Bengal&f=false Google Books Sindia_State_Railway Graces Guide "Sindia State Railway"India List ]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref>. <br>[[Frederick Lewis Dibblee]],Superintending Engineer, deployed from PWD to Gwalior and India Office List 1905" page 442"Jhansi Division Survey in 1880-81<ref>https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Lewis_Dibblee Grace’s Guide ‘Frederick Lewis Dibblee’]; Retrieved 13 Dec 201522 Apr 2020</ref>. A quarry line was opened at Dholpur (‘[[Dholpur Quarry Railway]]’) to quarry the stone for the [[Chambal Rail Bridge|'Chambal Rail Bridge’ – ''see separate page''.]] The construction of the railway and the bridge was awarded to [[Glover & Co|Messrs Glover and Company]] as contractors in February 1876 They undertook to complete the line to [[Dholpur]] by the end of June 1878 and the complete line by the end October 1880. Alteration to the approach at [[Agra|Agra to include the Agra Cantonment]] modified the cost and the expected cost was RS. 8,907,778 <ref name=IOR/>.

In 1886 After the Sindia State Railway was operating out ‘[[Chambal Rail Bridge]]’ “the line runs through heavy ravines to the westward again, keeping somewhat near (about a mile) from the trunk road. Passing the stations of Bhandha, Shikarpur, Bamoor and Morar troop station, it reaches the terminal station lying between the Morar Cantonment and Gwalior, and a distance of 75.1 miles from Agra Cantonment station along with Rajuputana Railway.<ref>[http://www.mocavo.co.uk/A-Gazetteer-of-the-Territories-Under-line crosses the-Government-Khari , Asan and Sunk rivers on girder bridges of-the-Viceroy-three, four, and three spans of-India/898609/1015#9 "Gazetteer of the Territories Under the Government of the Viceroy of India – 1886100 feet, respectively."]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015<ref name=IOR/ref>

There is no clear information on ==Opening and Operation==During the history thereafterfamine of 1877 the line partially opened to supply grain but after the rains returned that ceased. A Contract was made in 1919 for In January 1878 the line opened properly between [[Agra]] and [Indian Midland Railway[Dholpur]](IMR) for 'maintaining . The contractors had an extension to December 1880 to complete the Chambal Bridge and working the Sindia State Railway'Southern side opened for traffic <ref name=nameIOR/>.

It seems most likely that The railway was opened 1881 by the Maharaja Sindia State Railway joined with the IMR which had a comparatively brief existence before being amalgamated in 1900 with of Gwalior and operated under the management of [[Great Indian Peninsula RailwayWilliam Sinclair Smith Bisset|Sir W S S Bissett]](GIPR) until 1885.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA442&lpg=PA442&dq=BISSET+Sir+William+Sinclair+Smith+Bengal&source=bl&ots=eoLyW1kBT8&sig=fOAaf04oXbgT5vtpEHYMWz7rRLc&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiqw_e1otnJAhWFMBoKHRRdDkEQ6AEIHDAA#v=onepage&q=BISSET%20Sir%20William%20Sinclair%20Smith%20Bengal&f=false Google Books "India List and India Office List 1905" page 442"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>

*'''L/F/8/13/953 ''' “Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract as to the Indian Midand Railway Company maintaining and working the Sindia State Railway; 1890"  ==Further Information==See '''[[Chambal Rail Bridge]]'''<br> and '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' from 1900