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The '''Sindia State Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line connecting [[Agra]] to [[Gwalior]] via [[Dholpur]]. The ‘Gwalior-Hetampur’ section opened in Dec 1879 and the ‘Dholpur-Agra’ section in Jan 1879. The [[Chambal Rail Bridge]] was opened on 15 May 1881 completing the ‘Hetampur-Dholpu’ section thus directly linking [[Gwalior]] to [[Agra|Agra Cantonment]] <ref name=Admin65>[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 19 Feb 2018</ref>.
The ‘Sindia State Railway’ was from 1885 worked by the [[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 the GIPR ‘Midland Section Mainline’ between [[Bhopal]] and [[Agra]] <ref name=Admin65/>[
The ‘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>.
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The '''Sindia State Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line connecting [[Agra]] to [[Gwalior]] via [[Dholpur]]. The ‘Gwalior-Hetampur’ section opened in Dec 1879 and the ‘Dholpur-Agra’ section in Jan 1879. The [[Chambal Rail Bridge]] was opened on 15 May 1881 completing the ‘Hetampur-Dholpu’ section thus directly linking [[Gwalior]] to [[Agra|Agra Cantonment]] , 76 miles(122km) <ref name=Admin65>[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 19 Feb 2018</ref>
The ‘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]] 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 ‘[[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 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.png|thumb| 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 crossing the Chambal River near Bher. Some of the staff were recalled and the 34 miles from Agra were laid out <ref name=IOR>British Library ‘India Office Records’ V/24/3590 “Sindia State Railway Administration Report” 1878-79</ref>
The construction of the [[Sindia ‘Sindia State Railway]] Railway’ commenced in 1876 and the Engineers-in-Charge being [[William Michell]] and [[Horace Bell]].
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Sindia_State_Railway Graces Guide "Sindia State Railway"]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2018</ref>.
<br>[[Frederick Lewis Dibblee]],Superintending Engineer, deployed from PWD to Gwalior and Jhansi Division Survey in 1880-81<ref>https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Lewis_Dibblee Grace’s Guide ‘Frederick Lewis Dibblee’]; Retrieved 22 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/>.
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 girder bridges of three, four, and three spans of 100 feet, respectively." <ref name=IOR/>
==Opening and Operation==
