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'''[[File: Udaipur-Chitor Railway''' also known as '''OodeyporeRailway Map 1909.png|thumb|Udaipur-Chitor Railway'''Map 1909]]
The railway was a metre gauge line, sponsored by the [[Mewar]] Durbar ('''Udaipur State), to link [[-Chitor Railway''' also known as '''Udaipur]] to the [[Rajputana-Malwa Chitorgarh Railway]] (later ''' and the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India '''Oodeypore-Chitor Railway]]).'''
During The railway was a Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, sponsored by the Second World War[[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mewar State]] Durbar, to link [[Udaipur]] to [[Chitor]] and worked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) up to 31 December 1897. With effect from 1st January 1908 the line became known as maintenance and working was taken over by the '''Mewar State Railway'''Durbar.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n212/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 204]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>
1937 Admin info, Statistics and Classification,’Later Development’ added
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[[Chitor]] was the connection to the [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]](RMSR), which, in 1900, merged into the BB&CIR
==Udaipur-Chitorgarh Railway Lines==
*Running Powers <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 301 pdf 344]; Retrieved 30 Jul 2020</ref>
**Chitorgarh Station to Barach, 1.42 miles(2.3km) on the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|BB&CIR Metre Gauge]]
**Phulad Section, 0.20 miles (0.3km) on the [[Jodhpur Railway| ‘Jodhpur Railway Metre Gauge’]]
*Progress in Opening<ref name=Hist1937/>
** ‘Barach to Debari near Udaipur Section’, 60 miles(97km), opened 1895
** ‘Chitorgarh Station’, separate station, ½ mile(0.8km), opened 1898
** ‘Debari to Udaipur Extension’, 6½ miles(8km), opened 1899
** ‘Mavli Juction to Kankroli Section’, 18 miles(29km), opened 1930 § Note
** ‘Kankroli to Khambli Ghat Section’, 47 miles(76km), opened 1932 § Note
** ‘Khambli Ghat to Phulad Junction Section’, 13 miles(21km), opened 1936 § Note
<blockquote>§ ''Note these lines are not shown on the 1909 map''</blockquote>
The ‘Mavli-Nathdwara Branch Railway’ was proposed in 1906, a 14¾ mile(24km) branch line from Mavli Station to the pilgrimage site of Nathdwara <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/2up Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906 page 48]; Retrieved 5 Aug 2020</ref>. ''There is no record that this line was constructed ''
The “Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 and the total line lengths starting at 67 miles (108km) up to 1929-30 up to completion of 146 miles(235km) in 1935-36 <ref name=Hist1937/>
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Later Development==
During the Second World War, c.1943 the line became known as the '''Mewar State Railway'''.
==Historical books online==
*[http://books.northwestern.edu/viewer.html?id=inu:inu-mntb-0006912200-bk ''Udaipur-Chitorgarh Light Railway''] by G E Lillie G.C. Press [1903] Northwestern University Libraries Digitized Books. [USA] [https://search.library.northwestern.edu/primo-explore/fulldisplay?docid=01NWU_ALMA51616182420002441&context=L&vid=NULVNEW&search_scope=NWU&tab=default_tab&lang=en_US Catalogue entry] Series: Technical Section papers (India. Railway Board. Technical Section) ; no. 137.
== References ==
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[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
