Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway
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Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway (NGSR) was a railway company operating in India from 1879 to 1950. It was owned by the Nizams of Hyderabad State, and its full name was His Exalted Highness, The Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway. 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, much to the dismay of the British authorities. 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.
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Headquarters | Secunderabad (1870–1916) Kachiguda (1916–1950) |
Locale | Hyderabad State, India |
Dates of operation | 1870 (since 1879, fully owned by Nizam)–1950 (nationalised and merged with Indian Railways) |
Successor | Central Railway(1951) South Central Railway(1966) |
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Track gauge | Mixed |
Length | 351 miles (565 km) (1905) 688 miles (1,107 km) (1943) |