Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railways
Railways in Hyderabad 1909
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| Locale | Hyderabad State and Madras Presidency (present Telangana and Maharashtra) |
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| Dates of operation | October 1900–(1950 nationalized by government of India under Indian Railways) |
| Predecessor | Newly Built line |
| Successor |
Central Railway(1951), South Central Railway(1966) |
| Track gauge | MG |
| Length | 391 miles |
| Headquarters | Secunderabad Station |
Central Railway(1951),
The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway was established by the Nizam of Hyderabad as a part of The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway a company under the guarantee of the Hyderabad State. The railway was part of the 467 miles (752 km) of broad gauge and 391 miles (629 km) of the narrow gauge(meter gauge) opened in the state between 1899 and 1901.
John Wallace Pringle was appointed as the superintending engineer for the survey and construction of the Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway in 1896. The metre gauge railway runs for 391 miles (629 km) from Hyderabad city to Manmad on the north-eastern section of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway and was opened in October 1900. The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway owned by a company under the guarantee of the Hyderabad State, capital for which was raised by the issue of redeemable mortgage debentures.
The total capital expenditure of the Nizam's State Railway at the end of 1904 was 4.3 crores. The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway had cost 2.6 crores, and earned 7.7 lakhs net in the same year, which is nearly 3 per cent, but in 1901 and 1902 the earnings have increased to about 3½ per cent.
The Nizam's State Railway crosses the state from east to west, with six stations, and the Hyderabad–Godavari Valley line starting from Hyderabad (Atraf-i-Baldah) had one station within its limits. The total length of railways was about 98 miles (158 km).
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 (35 km). The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway runs almost due north and south through Manoharabad, Masaipet, and Mirzapalli on the eastern border of the District
The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway traverses the Railways. District from the north-west to the south for 80 miles (130 km), with ten railway stations within its limits.
The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway traverses the District from east to west for 40 miles (64 km), with six stations.
The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway traverses the District from east to west for a distance of 63 miles (101 km), and has 9 stations within its limits.
The Hyderabad–Godavari Valley Railway traverses Aurangabad from west to east, for 96 miles (154 km), with eleven railway stations within the District.
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