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'''Khundwah and Indore Railway Gauge Objection''' concerns the proposal to construct the ‘[[Holkar State Railway]]’ from [[Khandwa|Khandwa (Khundwah)]] running northward to [[Indore]]
An objection was lodged in 1872 from [[George Berkley]], Chief Engineer of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’(GIPR)]] , to the construction of this line to the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]). Theline was described as the ‘Khundwah and Indore Railway’. The objection was that this railway should be constructed as a broad gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line to provide an unbroken link between the GIPR and the NWR - both being BG systems <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP297&pg=GBS.RA9-PA1 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ pdf pages 297-300 “Letter from Board of Directors of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company – Railway between Khundwah and Indore, dated 4 Apr 1872” enclosing “Letter from GIPR Consulting Engineer, Mr George Berkley, dated 22 Feb 1872” ]; Retrieved 4 Jun 2018</ref>.
This objection was overruled by the [[Government of India]] and metre gauge lines were permitted [[Rail gauge#Gauge Question|''See page ‘Gauge Question’ for further information'']]
The line when completed was named the [[Holkar State Railway|'Holkar State Railway' ''- see seperate page for further information'']]
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
An objection was lodged in 1872 from [[George Berkley]], Chief Engineer of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway|‘Great Indian Peninsula Railway’(GIPR)]] , to the construction of this line to the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]). Theline was described as the ‘Khundwah and Indore Railway’. The objection was that this railway should be constructed as a broad gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line to provide an unbroken link between the GIPR and the NWR - both being BG systems <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP297&pg=GBS.RA9-PA1 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ pdf pages 297-300 “Letter from Board of Directors of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company – Railway between Khundwah and Indore, dated 4 Apr 1872” enclosing “Letter from GIPR Consulting Engineer, Mr George Berkley, dated 22 Feb 1872” ]; Retrieved 4 Jun 2018</ref>.
This objection was overruled by the [[Government of India]] and metre gauge lines were permitted [[Rail gauge#Gauge Question|''See page ‘Gauge Question’ for further information'']]
The line when completed was named the [[Holkar State Railway|'Holkar State Railway' ''- see seperate page for further information'']]
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
