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	== History ==		== History ==
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	It was opened on 18 August 1876. The railway was renamed as Rajputana–Malwa Railway when a new line from [[Ajmer]] to [[Khandwa]] via [[Ujjain\|New Ujjain Junction]], [[Indore Junction BG\|Indore Junction]], [[Indore\|Indore New Rajendra Nagar Terminus]] and [[Mhow]] was added to it. On 9 March 1885 [[Jodhpur]] was connected to this network from [[Marwar Junction]] with metre gauge track and later became part of the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. '''F-734''', the first locomotive built in India, was built by the Ajmer workshop of the Rajputana Malwa Railway in 1895. This locomotive with outside connecting and side rods was used on Rajputana Malwa as well as [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] systems. The management of Rajputana-Malwa Railway was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] (B.B.C.I.) in 1889 and it was absorbed into BBCI in 1900.		It was opened on 18 August 1876. The railway was renamed as Rajputana–Malwa Railway when a new line from [[Ajmer]] to [[Khandwa]] via [[Ujjain\|New Ujjain Junction]], [[Indore Junction BG\|Indore Junction]], [[Indore\|Indore New Rajendra Nagar Terminus]] and [[Mhow]] was added to it. On 9 March 1885 [[Jodhpur]] was connected to this network from [[Marwar Junction]] with metre gauge track and later became part of the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. '''F-734''', the first locomotive built in India, was built by the Ajmer workshop of the Rajputana Malwa Railway in 1895. This locomotive with outside connecting and side rods was used on Rajputana Malwa as well as [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] systems. The management of Rajputana-Malwa Railway was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] (B.B.C.I.) in 1889 and it was absorbed into BBCI in 1900.

	== Conversion to broad gauge ==		== Conversion to broad gauge ==
	The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge\|1676mm\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in sections from 1994 till 2017.		The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge\|1676mm\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in sections from 1994 till 2017.{{cn\|date=November 2021}}

	==References==		==References==

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'''Rajputana–Malwa Railway''' was a {{RailGauge|1000mm}} ([[metre gauge]]) railway line which ran from [[Delhi]] to [[Ajmer]] and from Ajmer to [[Indore Junction BG|Indore]] and [[Ahmedabad]]. It was earlier known as '''Rajputana State Railway''' until 1882 when it was renamed.

== History ==

It was opened on 18 August 1876. The railway was renamed as Rajputana–Malwa Railway when a new line from [[Ajmer]] to [[Khandwa]] via [[Ujjain|New Ujjain Junction]], [[Indore Junction BG|Indore Junction]], [[Indore|Indore New Rajendra Nagar Terminus]] and [[Mhow]] was added to it. On 9 March 1885 [[Jodhpur]] was connected to this network from [[Marwar Junction]] with metre gauge track and later became part of the Jodhpur-Bikaner Railway. '''F-734''', the first locomotive built in India, was built by the Ajmer workshop of the Rajputana Malwa Railway in 1895. This locomotive with outside connecting and side rods was used on Rajputana Malwa as well as [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] systems. The management of Rajputana-Malwa Railway was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] (B.B.C.I.) in 1889 and it was absorbed into BBCI in 1900.

== Conversion to broad gauge ==
The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in sections from 1994 till 2017.

==References==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080506180838/http://northwesternrailway.gov.in/Departments/Mechnical/Ajmer_Workshop.htm AJMER WORKSHOP]
* [http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)]

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[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1876]]
[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Transport in Indore]]
[[Category:Transport in Ujjain]]
[[Category:Transport in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Transport in Ajmer]]
[[Category:Transport in Delhi]]
[[Category:Malwa]]

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