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The [[ '''Sindia State Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line connecting [[Agra]] to [[Gwalior]] via [[Dholpur]] construction commenced . 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]]. <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 from opened 1881 1885 worked by the Maharaja Sindia [[Indian Midland Railway]], which had a comparatively brief existence before being amalgamated in 1900 with the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR). This Gwalior-Agra line then became part of Gwalior the GIPR ‘Midland Section Mainline’ between [[Bhopal]] and operated under the management [[Agra]] <ref name=Admin65/>[ The ‘Sindia State Railway’ was operating out of Sir W S S Bissett until 1885.[[Agra|Agra Cantonment]] station, with an interchange with [[Rajputana State Railway]]<ref>[httpshttp://booksdspace.gipe.googleac.coin/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.ukpdf; pdf 31 of 61]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</books?idref>.  =3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA442&lpgSurvey and Construction=PA442&dq=BISSET+Sir+William+Sinclair+Smith+The first [[Railway Branch - PWD|Public Works Department - 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&sourceon Famine relief. In August that year the orders were received to build a 5ft 6inch gauge railway via Dholpur and crossing the Chambal River near Bher. Some of the staff were recalled and the 34 miles from Agra were laid out <ref name=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 IOR>British Library ‘India Office Records’ V/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 India Office List 1905[[Horace Bell]]. <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Sindia_State_Railway Graces Guide " page 442Sindia State Railway"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 201519 Feb 2018</ref>

In 1886 the Sindia State Railway A quarry line was operating out of Agra Cantonment station along with Rajuputana opened at Dholpur ([[Dholpur Quarry Railway.<ref>]]) to quarry the stone for the [[http://wwwChambal Rail Bridge|'Chambal Rail Bridge’ – ''see separate page''.mocavo.co.uk/A-Gazetteer-]] The construction of-the-Territories-Under-railway and the-Government-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-Viceroy-of-India/898609/1015#9 "Gazetteer of complete line by the Territories Under end October 1880. Alteration to the Government of approach at [[Agra|Agra to include the Viceroy of India – 1886"Agra Cantonment]]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015modified the cost and the expected cost was RS. 8,907,778 <ref name=IOR/ref>.

''There is no clear information After the [[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 ... the line crosses the Khari , Asan and Sunk rivers on the history thereaftergirder bridges of three, four, and three spans of 100 feet, respectively.'' " <ref name=IOR/>

A Contract was made in 1890 for ==Opening and Operation==During the famine of 1877 the line partially opened to supply grain but after the rains returned that ceased. In January 1878 the line opened properly between [[Indian Midland RailwayAgra]](IMR) for 'maintaining and working [[Dholpur]]. The contractors had an extension to December 1880 to complete the Chambal Bridge and 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