Udaipur-Chitor Railway

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Udaipur-Chitor Railway
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Line of route
Chitor to Udaipur
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 67 miles (1905)
146 miles (1943)
Timeline
1895 First section opened to traffic
1899 Line completed
c 1943 Renamed Mewar State Railway
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Chitor, Debari, Udaipur
System agency
Own agency
How to interpret this infobox
Udaipur-Chitor Railway Map 1909

Udaipur-Chitor Railway also known as Udaipur-Chitorgarh Railway and the Oodeypore-Chitor Railway

The railway was a Metre Gauge(MG) line, sponsored by the 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 maintenance and working was taken over by the Mewar Durbar. [1]

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 [2]
  • Progress in Opening[2]
    • ‘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

§ Note these lines are not shown on the 1909 map

The ‘Mavli-Nathdwara Branch Railway’ was proposed in 1906, a 14¾ mile(24km) branch line from Mavli Station to the pilgrimage site of Nathdwara [3]. 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 [2]

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

References