Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
Nizam State Railway map | |
| Overview | |
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| Headquarters | Secunderabad (1870–1916) London (1883-1941) Kachiguda (1916–1950) |
| Locale | Hyderabad State, India |
| Dates of operation | 1870 to 1883, fully owned by Nizam. Owned by Hyderabad State from 1930 to 1951.–1950 (nationalised and merged with Indian Railways) |
| Predecessor | Nizam State Railways (1873-1883) |
| Successor | Central Railway(1951) South Central Railway(1966) |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | Broad gauge metre gauge |
| Length | 351 miles (565 km) (1905) 688 miles (1,107 km) (1943) 2,351 kilometres (1,461 mi) (1951) |
Nizam's Guaranteed State Railways |
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Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) was a railway company operating in India from 1883 to 1950. The company began with a line built privately by the HEH, the Nizam, which was owned and operated by the company under a guarantee from the Hyderabad State. Capital for the line was raised by issuing redeemable mortgage debentures. The Nizam's railway was eventually consolidated with the Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway (HGVR). In 1951, both the NGSR and the HGVR were nationalised and merged into Indian Railways.