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The '''Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway''' (JHR) was a metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line that ran from [[Luni]] westwards to [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] in [[Sind Province]], connecting its parent, the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]], to the [[North Western Railway]]. The 124 mile section of line in Sind, from the border of Jodhpur State to Hyderabad, belonged to the Government of India but was worked under contract by the [[Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway]].
== History ==
The section from [[Balotra]] to [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] was opened in 1900, with the full length, [[Jodhpur]] to [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] opening the following year (1901) when a small broad gauge section near [[Hyderabad, Sind|Hyderabad]] was converted to metre gauge.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 188]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
The branch line extensions to [[Jalor]] and, in the British section, from [[Mirpurkhas]] north to [[Khadro]] and south to [[Jhudo]] were opened by 1921.
