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* ‘Scindia-Nimach State Railway’ used in some early documents using thealternative spelling of Neemuch.
* ‘Neemuch State Railway’ is given in some documents
* ‘Indore Division’ was used to describe this line being part of the joint working of the ‘[[Holkar & Scindia-Neemuch Railway]] ’ <ref name=H&S-NR/>
*[[Neemuch|Neemuch with alternative spelling Nimach]] <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_111.gif ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India’, v. 19, p. 105"]; Retrieved 10 Jun2018</ref>
==Early History==
Surveys between Indore and Neemuch started long back in 1871-72 when the plan and estimates for the whole project was submitted to the Government of India in 1872-73. The Maharaja of Scindia agreed to grant a loan of Rs. 75 lakhs at 4 per cent per annum interest for the project and the railway was named the '''Sindia-Neemuch State Railway'''. It also included a branch line from [[Fatehabad]] to [[Ujjain]] from Indore. The Indore–Ujjain branch [[Indore]] to [[Ujjain]] line was opened in August 1876 where there was an interchange with the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR), later becoming the 'Ujjain Branch Line'. The line was completed through to [[Neemuch]] in 1879-80.with onward construction of the ‘[[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]]’ <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neemuch Wikipedia "Neemuch/Nimach"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1397109746468-history_1.pdf Indian Railways "History of Ratlam Division"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.geocities.ws/manasampc/dp.html Geocities "Neesmuch Railways"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
From about 1874 the railway operated as the ‘[[Holkar & Sindia-Neemuch RailwaySRailways]] ’ as a joint operation with the [[Holkar State Railway]].
==Amalgamation==
* ‘Sindia-Neemuch State Railway’
* ‘[[Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway]]’
* ‘[[Rajputana State Railway]]’ (RSR)
* ‘[[Western Rajputana State Railway]]’
All these railways were worked by the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]’(BB&CIR) State Railway.
