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The [[Patiala State Monorail Trainways]](PSMT) was a unique rail-guided, partially road-borne railways system running in [[Patiala]] from 1907 to 1927.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patiala_State_Monorail_Trainways] Wikipedia - "Patiala State Monorail Trainways"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
The total distance covered by PSMT was 50 miles (80 km). PSMT was run on two unconnected lines.The lines were constructed by the firm of Marsland and Price, based in Bombay.
The opening in 1927-28 of the [[North Western Railway]](NWR)'s [[Sirhind-Rupar Railway]]line made the Patiala State Monorail Trainways obsolete together with any plan to extend the line from Morinda to Rupar.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/patiala-monorail-reappraisal.html] IRFCA - "Patiala Monorail Reappraisal - A Reappraisal " by Simon Darvill, 2012 – ‘Sirhind to Morinda Line’]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
==Monorail System==
