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Further extensions from [[Reengus]] to [[Sikar]] and on to [[Jhunjhun]], a further 71 miles to ==Progress in Opening==The following is reported in the north-north-west were authorised/under construction in 1918 1937 Report<ref name=nameHist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/>2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive . ''The date org pdf download of opening ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of this section has not been determinedIndia - Railway Department’ page 241, pdf 284]; Retrieved 22 Aug 2020</ref>.'' * ‘Main Line’** ‘Sanganer to Nawal Section’, 32 miles(52km), opened 1905** ‘Nawal to Sawai-Madhopur Section’, 41 miles(66km), opened 1907* ‘Jhunjhunu Extension’** ‘Jaipur to Reengus Section’, 35½ miles(57km), opened 1916** ‘ Reengus to Palsana Section’, 14 miles(23km), opened 1918** ‘Palsana via Sikar to Nawalgarh Section’, 34 miles(54km), opened 1922-23** ‘Nawalgarh to Jhunjhunu Section’, 23 miles(37km), opened 1924
1937 Report info, Statistics and Classification added
The '''Jaipur-Shaikhawati Railway''' was named on the ceremonial opening of the Jaipur West railway station, Nov 9th 1916 by the Viceroy, Lord Chelmsford <ref>[http://www.bl.uk/catalogues/indiaofficeselect/PhotoShowDescs.asp?CollID=923 "Opening of Jaipur Shaikawati Railway. Nov 9th 1916 Photo 448/10(5) to(17)"]; Retrieved 27 Feb 2016</ref> when the line was further extended to [[Reengus]], a line of 108 miles(173km) from Jaipur to the north-west.
The railway was worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) until 1936 when the Jaipur Durbar took the Jaipur ‘Jaipur State Railway Railway’ back under its own management
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=NK1MhWq-9VkC&pg=PA251&lpg=PA251&dq=jaipur+state+railway&source=bl&ots=1MpHJA2l90&sig=bAwh2fJ_sGd0UUfqDmKeoSdUAHE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ojTvVIVrpYDMA7zJgsgF&ved=0CD4Q6AEwBTgK#v=onepage&q=jaipur%20state%20railway&f=false Google Books "The Cat and the Lion: Jaipur State in the British Raj" by Robert W. Stern – page 251]; Retrieved 27 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1328523668343-A%20Historical%20Preview%20Jaipur%20Division.html "History of NWR - North Western Railway / Indian Railways"]; Retrieved 27 Feb 2016</ref>.
The ‘Statistics of Working’ Report for 1937 <ref name=Hist1937/> show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 for the ‘Jaipur State Railway’ with the open line length of 73 miles(117km) in 1913 rising to 181 miles (291km) in 1926-27.
The 1937 Report <ref name=Hist1937/> states “The working of the line has been taken over by the Jaipur Darbar with effect from 1 April 1936. As from that date the Agreement ..... in respect of the ‘Sanganer-Sawai Madhopur Section’ ... between the Jaipur Durbar and the Bombay ,Baroda and Central India Railway Company, as to the management, maintenance and working of the Jaipur State Railway by the Company have been terminated.”
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class II railway system.
==Further Information==
