Dholpur–Sarmathura railway line

Dholpur–Sarmathura Railway was sanctioned by the then Maharaja Ram Singh of the Dholpur State on 14 December 1905 and formally opened in February 1908.^{[citation needed]} The original name of the company was Dholpur-Bari Light Railway. It was renamed the Dholpur State Railway in 1914.^[1]

The rail initially used steam locomotives, but later diesel locomotives are used.^[2] There was only one rake/train which covers to trips per day in this section. Its first trip begins in early morning at around 04:00 hrs and returns at 10:15 hrs. The second trip begins at 10:40 hrs. and ends at around 19:00 hrs. There are many halt stations in this section.^[3] The train services on this route was stopped in March 2023.

In 1936, the company owned six locomotives, eight coaches and 126 goods wagons.^[4]

It was labeled as a Class III railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.^[5][6]

The gauge conversion work of this section was started in around year 2010 but could not be completed and stopped due to political reasons. The Railways' plan was to connect the railway to Gangapur via Karauli.^[7] which could be an alternate route also for connecting the Jhansi and Gangapur.^[8]

This section is under the administrative control of a Junior/Senior Scale officer generally designated as Assistant Divisional Engineer headquartered at Dholpur. This section falls under the Agra Division of North Central Railway Zone headquartered at Prayagraj. ADEN/DEN is assisted by a Permanent Way Supervisor and Works Supervisor generally designated as SSE/P-Way or SSE/Works. The maintenance of all the track and works comes under administrative control of ADEN/DEN. Generally a Group-'A' officer of Engineering Services Examination is posted at this post.

The tenures of Various Officers as Assistant Divisional Engineer/Divisional Engineer in Dholpur is as given below: