Talk:Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway

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http://www.cabaltimes.com/2016/06/28/nizam/12/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2405:204:6125:7600:DDF6:7222:604B:ACA1 (talk) 18:47, 27 January 2019 (UTC)Reply


Extent Of Nizam's Railway edit

Atraf-i-Balda District The District is well favoured as regards railways. TheNizam's State Railway crosses it from east to west, with six stations, and the Hyderabad-Godavari Valley line starting from Hyderabad has one station within its limits. The total length of railways is about 98 miles.

Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway lines edit

Nizamabad District: The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway traverses the Railways. The district from the north-west to the south for 80 miles, with ten railway stations within its limits.[1]

Medak District The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway enters Medak from the west at Gullaguda and passes out at Lingampalli in the east, a distance of 22 miles. The Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway runs almost due north and south through Manoharabad, Masaipet, and Mirzapalli on the eastern border of the District.

It traverses Aurangabad from west to east, with eleven railway stations within the District; the Parbhani District from east to west for a distance of 63 miles and has 9 stations within its limits, the Nanded District from east to west for 40 miles, with six stations.

Nalgonda Taluk: The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway traverses the Bhonglr taluk from west-south-west to east-north-east for a distance of 21 miles, with five stations in the District.

Warangal District: The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway traverses the District from Jangaon in the west, through Kazipett and Warangal, to Yerrupalayam in the east, a distance of 146 miles, with 17 stations within the District, besides the mineral line, 16 miles long, from Dornakal to Yellandlapad, making a total of 162 miles.[1]

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway edit

Mahbubnagar District: The Great Indian Peninsula Railway passes through the south-western portion of the Makhtal taluk, with one station.

Gulbarga District: The Great Indian Peninsula Railway line enters the District at Dudneh in the west and leaves it near Wadi junction, with a length of 50 miles. The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway, starting from Wadi junction, runs north-east and east for 115 miles.

Osmanabad District: The Great Indian Peninsula Railway line passes through a minute portion of the taluk of Tuljapur. Barsi, in the Bombay District of Sholapur, on the Barsi Light Railway, is the nearest station to the District head-quarters, from which it is 32 miles distant. There are two stations on the same line at the villages of Sendri and Uptai in the Parenda taluk.[1]

Raichur District: The town of Raichur is the junction of the Great Indian Peninsula and the Madras Railways, which cross the District from north to south for 62 miles, with eight stations in the District.[1]

Tramways were depicted in many maps of those days, including that of Hyderabad in the Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1909.

"Dismay" of British edit

This needs explanation, I think.  Esedowns (talk) 23:38, 24 May 2022 (UTC)— Preceding unsigned comment added by Esedowns (talkcontribs) 23:35, 24 May 2022 (UTC)Reply 
  1. ^ a b c d Cite error: The named reference Range of Railway lines was invoked but never defined (see the help page).