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Agra-Gwalior Railway

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Complete rewrite, previous version totally incorrect
The '''Agra-Gwalior Railway''' prior to opening in 1899 was renamed the '''[[Gwalior Light Railway]]'''(GLR) and developed a series of 2' 0" Narrow Gaugebroad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_GaugeBroad_Gauge|NGBG]]) branchlines, owned by the line from [[Princely states|Princely Gwalior]]to [[Gwalior StateAgra]] and radiating from completed in 1881. The [[Agra]] Cantonment to [[Dholpur]] section was opened in 1878; the city of [[Gwalior]]to Hetampur section, worked by 1879; the final section [[Great Indian Peninsula RailwayDholpur]]to Hetampur, 1881.Total line length 76 miles(GIPR122km)<refname =AdminGIPR>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n250n73/mode/2up " Administration 1up “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; 1918” page 24265 (pdf73)]; Retrieved 29 Jan 15 Dec 2016</ref>; renamed .  The railway, owned by [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Scindia Gwalior State ]] Durbar, appears to have been worked independently until 1885 when the [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR), a state agency, 1944was formed to undertake the working of several existing broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch linesThe IMR worked this line for a short time until amalgamated into the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) becoming part of the ‘Midland Section GIPR Mainline’<ref name =AdminGIPR/>  The 1918 Administation Report <ref name =AdminGIPR/> describes this section of the GIPR being owned by '''[[Scindia State Railway]]'''
==Further Information==
See From 1885 to 1900 see '''[[Gwalior Light Indian Midland Railway]]'''(GLR) From 1900 onwards see ''' [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' Also see '''[[Scindia State Railway]]''' for further clarification
== References ==
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]][[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) State Railways]]
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