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The '''Rajputana State Railway''' was formed by the joining of the [[Rajputana - Agra District Railway]] and the [[Rajputana - Delhi District Railway]]. The line was metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and the initial construction started in 1873. [[Delhi]] was linked to [[Agra]] via [[Alwar]] and [[Bandikui]] in 1874.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html] IRFCA - "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1875, the line had extended as far as [[Ajmer]] with the aim to reach [[Ahmadabad]] and to connect to the Broad Gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR).
