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In 1871 the Government resolved for the RSR to undertake the construction of metre-gauge railways in Rajputana, to facilitate the supply of salt from the Great Salt Lake at Sambhar to the North-West Provinces, and to get rid of the vexatious salt-customs barrier. [[Frederick Smith Stanton|Captain Stanton]] was selected to take charge of the construction <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_Smith_Stanton "Grace's Guide - Frederick Smith Stanton”]; Retrieved on 18 May 2019</ref>.
The RSR mainline from [[Delhi]] opened to [[Rewari]], together with the ‘[[Farukhnagar Salt BranchRailway]]’, in Feb 1873 and extended to [[Bandakui]] in Dec 1874 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n31/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 22 (pdf31)]; Retrieved 18 May 2019</ref>.
In 1875, the line had extended as far as [[Ajmer]] with the aim to reach [[Ahmadabad]] and to connect to the Broad Gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR).
At Beawur the line became the [[Western Rajputana State Railway|’ Western Rajputana State Railway’ ''(shown in blue on map and see separate page)'']] which reached [[Ahmadabad]], a distance from Beawur of 272 miles(438km), in 1879.
*’RSR ‘RSR Mainline’ was the classification of the entire [[Delhi]] to [[Ahmadabad]]line following the completion, apparently absorbing the ‘[[Western Rajputana State Railway]]’* ‘[[Farukhnagar Salt Branch LineRailway|‘Farukhnagar SaltBranch ’ ''(see separate page)'']]’ became classified as a branch of that mainline‘RSR Mainline’
* ‘RSR Agra Branch’ was the classification of the section from [[Agra]] to [[Bandikui]], where it met the mainline.
In 1879, the RSR was again authorised to build new metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines:-
* [[Sambhar Lake Salt BranchLine|‘Sambhar Lake Salt Branch’- ''(see separate page)'']] and associated lines, a total of 26 miles(42km) were constructed and opened up to 1881
==Later History==
