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The '''Nizam's Railway''' opened 1874 as a privately owned railway; it had its beginnings in a line built privately by the Nizam, to the dismay of the British authorities. The [[Wadi-Secunderbad Railway]] broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, from [[Wadi]] Junction to [[Secunderabad]], opened 1874, 115 miles(185km) <ref name=Admin_p.98>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n107/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 98 (pdf107)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>.
The line was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] Company(GIPR) until the end of 1878 with its own rolling stock.
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