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The '''Jaipur State Railway''' was a {{RailGauge|1000mm|lk=on}} [[metre gauge]] railway constructed by the Jaipur Durbar and owned by the [[Princely states|Princely]] [[Jaipur|Jaipur State]]. The railway was managed, stocked and worked by the Jaipur Durbar and trafficked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] (BB&CIR) for a specified fee.<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n37/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 29]; Retrieved 27 Feb 2016</ref>

==History==

The mainline, '''Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur Railway''' from [[Sanganer]] (in the south west suburbs of [[Jaipur]]) to [[Nawai]], 32 miles, opened in 1905 and was extended to [[Sawai Madhopur]] (to the south-east of Jaipur) in 1907 making total line length of 73 miles<ref name=name/>

The '''Jaipur–Shaikhawati Railway''' was named on the ceremonial opening of the Jaipur West railway station, 9 November 1916 by the then 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]] (to the north-west from Jaipur), making line length of 108 miles (173 km).

Further extensions from [[Reengus]] to [[Sikar]] and on to [[Jhunjhunu]], a further 71 miles to the north-north-west were authorised/under construction in 1918.<ref name=name/> The date of opening of this section has not been determined.

The railway was worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] (BB&CIR) until 1936 when the Jaipur Durbar took the Jaipur State Railway back under its own management. It was again absorbed in BB&CIR and subsequently became a part of the North Western zone of Indian Railways.<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>

==Conversion to broad gauge==
The railway was converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] progressively from 1993 till 2009.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1328523668343-A%20Historical%20Preview%20Jaipur%20Division.html |title = A historical view - Jaipur Division|first=|last=| accessdate = 2018-04-30}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Transport in Jaipur]]
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1907]]
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]

Jaipur State Railway - Revision history

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