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== 'Nizam’s Railway ' Lines (up to 1883)==*'''[[Wadi-Secunderbad Railway]]''' broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, from [[Wadi]] Junction to [[Secunderabad]], opened 1874, 115 miles(185km). Financed by Nizam of Hyderabad later became part of , first operated as [[Nizam's Railway]] which in 1883 formed Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. The 6 mile section [[Hyderabad]] to [[Secunderabad]] was in 1901 converted to mixed gauge (BG and metre gauge[[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) to enable the MG [[Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway]] MG line to reach [[Hyderabad]] <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>

== 'Nizam’s Guaranteed State Railway ' Lines (1883-1930)=='''Broad Gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) Lines'''*'''[[Hyderabad Main Line]] '''. The BG [[BalharshahWadi-Secunderbad Railway]] was extended to [[Warangal ]], 1886; [[Dornakal]] Junction, 1888; Bona Kalu, 1888 to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, 1889. Giving a total of 310 miles(499km) <ref name=Admin_p.98/>. The line joined to the [[Bezwada Extension Railway]], opened in stages 1924-28.*'''[[Bezwada Extension Railway]]''', BG, opened 1889 as south west east extension.*to the [[Hyderabad Main Line]] from the Hyderabad/British Frontier to [[Bezwada]] Station (where there was a interchange to the [[Hingoli Branch Southern Mahratta Railway]], opened 1920 as link MG line to ). Line length Hyderabad-Godaveri Valley Railway22 miles(35km). <ref name=Admin_p.98/>.**‘Hyderabad Branch’ BG, opened 1874 from [[Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway]]to Hussain Sagar, opened 19003.6 miles(5km) in northern suburbs. **’Mineral Branch’ BG, also known as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Rly * [[Karepalli-Kothagudem Singareni Coal Fields Railway]], opened 1927 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway1888 from [[Dornakal]] Junction to Singareni Coalfields, 16 miles(26km) ) <ref name=Admin_p.98/>*'''[[Kazipet-Balharshah Railway]]''' BG, opened 1929in stages 1924-27<ref name=Nizam>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=lH0ACAAAQBAJ&pg=PA98&lpg=PA98&dq=Jankampet-Bodhan+Railway&source=bl&ots=Zj3t6kA322&sig=vpVhouu3JoxhgbVuK1fT4Rzifog&hl=en&sa=X&ei=e49uVYXeOcLjUaWig4AL&ved=0CD0Q6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Jankampet-Bodhan%20Railway&f=false Google Books “The History of Nizam’s Railways System” by Dr. Santosh Jaganath, pages 97-98]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>, from Kazipet via Pedipalli, Ramsgundah, Asifahbad Road to Balharshah. Section of Nizam's NGSR Guaranteed Railway linking [[Chennai]] directly with [[Delhi]].Total line length 145 miles (232km) <ref name=scholey>”Indian railways new chronology” by Keith Scholey, May 2015</ref>. The completion of this line created the*'''[[ParbhaniBalharshah-Purli Warangal Railway]]''', BG, opened 1929 as part was created on the completion in 1927 of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway*the [[Purna JunctionKazipet-Hingoli Balharshah Railway]], opened 1929 as part of Nizam's Guaranteed Railway above.*'''[[SecunderabadKarepalli-Gadwal Kothagudem Railway]]''', BG, opened 1916 1927 as part of NGSR <ref name=Nizam's Guaranteed Railway /> from Karepalli to Kothagudium (Bhadrachalam Road), 25 miles (40km) <ref name=scholey/>*'''[[Singareni Coal Fields Vicrabad-Bidar Railway]]''', BG, opened c.1920 as part of 1930 and extended 1932 <ref name=Nizam's Guaranteed Railway/> from Vikarabad via Mohamadabad Bidar and Udgir to Parli Vaijnath<ref name=scholey/>

== Nizam’s State Lines '''Metre Gauge (after 1930[[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])== Lines'''*'''[[JankampetHyderabad-Bodhan Godavari Valley Railway]]''', MG, opened 19391899-1900, as part of NGSR from [[Hyderabad]] to [[Manmad]] via Jalna, Sailu, Parbhani, Purna Junction, Nander, Sivungaon, [[Secunderabad]]. Part Total 391 miles(629km) including the 6 mile mixed gauge (MG and BG) section of NizamMainline into [[Hyderabad]] <ref name=Admin_p.103>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n111/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 103 (pdf111)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>**'[[Hingoli Branch Railway]]'s State , MG, opened 1912, as part of NGSR from Hingoli to Purna Junction on the [[Hyderabad-Godaveri Valley Railway ]], 50 miles(80km) ]] <ref name=Admin_p.102>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n110/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 102 (pdf110)]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref>*'''[[VikarabadSecunderabad-Bidar Gadwal Railway]]''', MG, also known as '''Secunderabad-Dronachellam Railway''' <ref name=Nizam/>, opened in stages from 1916, as part of NGSR from [[Secunderabad]] south west to [[Gadwal]] via Timmapur, Chatanpali, Balanager, Gullapalli, Jadcharla, Mashbubnager, Kurumurti, Wanaparti Road, reached in 1917, 108 miles(173km) <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n113/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 104-105 (pdf112-113]; Retrieved 1 Dec 2016</ref> The final 13 miles(21km) section to [[Gadwal]] was opened 1930 in 1922. The line was subsequently extended via Allumpur Road, a further 28 miles(45km),1925; and extended 1932 to the Hyderabad/British Frontier, a further 7 miles(11km) in 1928 <ref name=scholey/>.*'''[[Parbhani-Purli Railway]]''', MG, opened 1929 as part of NGSR <ref name=Nizam/> from Parhhani Junction to Purli Vaijnath via Gangakher, 39 miles (62km) <ref name=scholey/>. =='s Nizam’s State Railway' Lines (1930-1950)==The 1936-37 Report <ref>“Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-373” page 118 (pdf150)</ref> gives only the summaries:-*Nizam’s State Railway, BG, Class I railway, 667 miles(1073km). *Bezwada Extension, BG, Class I railway, 22 miles(35km). State Railway worked by Nizam’s State Railway *Nizam’s State Railway, MG, Class I railway, 623 miles(1002km) .*Dronachellam(Dhone)-Kurnool-British Frontier, MG, Class I railway, 36 miles(58km). State railway, worked by by Nizam’s State Railway *Jankampet-Budaon Railway, MG, construction commenced 1936, 12 miles(19km) length. Primarily as a siding to serve a sugar factory at Budaon and to assist in the transport of machinery etc to the factory also for passenger traffic <ref>”Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37” page 42</ref>. Line opened 1938 <ref name=Nizam/>