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{{Infobox rail
|railroad_name = Jodhpur State Railway
|logo =
|type =
|start_year = 1824
|hq_city = Jodhpur
|locale = [[Jodhpur State]], [[British Raj|British India]]
|end_year = 1952
|gauge = {{TrackGauge|1m}}
|length = approx {{convert|1050|mi|km}}
}}

The '''Jodhpur State Railway''' (JSR) was formed in 1924 and took over responsibility for working the [[Jodhpur]] section of the [[Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway]], and the British section of the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway.

== History ==
===Predecessors===
Earlier named the '''Jodhpur Railway''' the first section opened as a [[metre gauge]] line in 1882, later becoming the [[Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway]] (JBR) in 1889. In 1908 the JBR operated {{convert|828|mi|km}} in the territories of Sind (under British control) and the States of Jodhpur and Bikaner. By 1918 the ‘JBR System’ had expanded to {{convert|1355|mi|km}}, {{convert|1106|mi|km}} of its own track and {{convert|249|mi|km}} which the JBR operated under agreements with other railways.<ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n194/mode/1up "Administration Report on Railways 1918" page185, pdf page 194]; Retrieved 18 Nov 2016</ref> A further {{convert|210|mi|km}} were sanctioned or under construction by JBR in 1918.<ref name=Admin1918/>

=== Creation of the Jodhpur State Railway ===
In 1924, the JBR was divided into two new systems, the '''Jodhpur State Railway''' (JSR) and [[Bikaner State Railway]](BSR) formed to take over responsibility for working the railway. The JSR taking the Jodhpur Section of the [[Jodhpur–Bikaner Railway]], together with the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway (British Section). The exact mileage comprising the Jodhpur section is not known but in 1918 it was {{convert|687|mi|km}} plus {{convert|124|mi|km}} of the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway (British Section).

Writing critically in 1929 about third class travelling, Mahatma Gandhi condemned the latrines in JSR carriages as being "absolutely intolerable, insanitary and unfit for human use. The State railways should really be a model to the British system; whereas the actual state of things is the other way."<ref>[http://www.gandhiserve.org/cwmg/VOL045.PDF Mahatma Gandhi, "Third-Class Travelling", ''Letters of Mahatma Gandhi'', Vol 45, 14 February 1929 page 41]; Retrieved 14 January 2016</ref>

In 1936-37, the route mileage for the JSR had expanded to {{convert|767|mi|km}}. They were also operating the British section of the Jodhpur–Hyderabad Railway (British Section), expanded to {{convert|239|mi|km}} and also the {{convert|49|mi|km}} long Mirpur Khas–Khadro Railway. All these were [[metre gauge]] lines.<ref>[http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/11097/212975_Indian_Railways_1936_1937_Vol_I.pdf?sequence=2 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1836-37” page 118 pdf 150] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714123711/http://oudl.osmania.ac.in/bitstream/handle/OUDL/11097/212975_Indian_Railways_1936_1937_Vol_I.pdf?sequence=2 |date=14 July 2014 }}; Retrieved 18 Nov 2016</ref>

In 1947, the British section of the Jodhpur-Hyderabad Railway and the western portions of Jodhpur State Railway and [[Bikaner State Railway]] was ceded to the government of Pakistan becoming part of [[Pakistan Railways]].<ref>[http://rajasthanhistory.com/gpage5.html “History of Rail in Rajasthan” by Dr Mohanlal Gupta, Department of Information and Public Relations, Government of Rajasthan, Jodhpur]; Retrieved 18 Nov 2016</ref> The remaining portions of the Jodhpur State Railway and the [[Bikaner State Railway]] became part of the Northern Division of Indian Railways in 1952.

===Conversion to broad gauge===
The network was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] progressively in 2000s and 2010s.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.nwr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1308229227325-OVERVIEW.pdf |title = OVERVIEW OF JODHPUR DIVISION |first=|last=| accessdate = 2018-04-30 }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Transport in Jodhpur]]
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]

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