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The '''Pench Valley Coalfield Railway''' was a privately owned 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from the [[Pench Valley]] coalfield to [[Nagpur]]. The line was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR)
The '''Pench Valley Coalfield Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])line, length 22 miles (36km). The line ran  from the Pench and Kanhan coalfields to [[ Chhindwara]];  where it connected to the  [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR) [[Satpura Railway]] network centred on [[Nagpur]]. The line opened in 1906-7 and was worked by BNR.
<ref>Google Books – Railways in India....Administration Report for the Year 1916-17; Government Central Press, Calcutta 1918</ref>
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhindwara_railway_station Wikipedia "Chhindwara Railway Station"]; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1966/final_gazettee/comm1.html Nagpur Gazetteer 1966]</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=nkPUnn3HiZoC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=Pench+Valley+Coal+Field+Railway&source=bl&ots=py-3eithQg&sig=urKiKua-anx42REHV73dpdbF-Qw&hl=en&sa=X&ei=9dxvVa7vC4GxU6OugNAB&ved=0CDkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Pench%20Valley%20Coal%20Field%20Railway&f=false Google Books - “Spatial Framework and Economic Development: A Geographical Perspective Coalfields” by Shri Kamal Sharma page 159]; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=gu_cN0MhteMC&pg=PA771&lpg=PA771&dq=Railway+Pench+Valley+Coalfield&source=bl&ots=wce8DYbiHd&sig=Y88fPBxFLvBcnWBdprJe12ORPHQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kAmQVb3nNIHqUvK1qbAN&ved=0CEoQ6AEwCQ  Google Books “Gonds of the Central Indian Highlands" by B.H.Mehta, Vol II; page 770 published 1984]; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016</ref>
The expansion of the Pench and Kanhan coalfields required an additional outlet and the Eastern Section broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_meGauge|BG]]) branch of the [[Itarsi-Nagpur Railway]] was opened in 1915.
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 14]; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016</ref>


==Further Information==
See '''[[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]''' and '''[[Satpura Railway]]'''


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 19:31, 26 May 2019

The Pench Valley Coalfield Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG)line, length 22 miles (36km). The line ran from the Pench and Kanhan coalfields to Chhindwara; where it connected to the Bengal Nagpur Railway(BNR) Satpura Railway network centred on Nagpur. The line opened in 1906-7 and was worked by BNR. [1] [2] [3]

The expansion of the Pench and Kanhan coalfields required an additional outlet and the Eastern Section broad gauge(BG) branch of the Itarsi-Nagpur Railway was opened in 1915. [4]

Further Information

See Bengal Nagpur Railway and Satpura Railway

References