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==Railways absorbed into BNR==
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== History ==
The BNR was the last major railway formed to benefit from a Government guarantee, with the system from the outset owned by the Government of India [[Government of India |GoI ]] who contracted the BNR company to manage matters, initially for 25 years and therafter determinable every 10 years. The BNR was the last company to be nationalised, on 1 October 1944. In 1952, the BNR was merged with the [[East Indian Railway]] to form Indian Railways' '''Eastern Railway''' but in 1955, BNR re-emerged to form '''South Eastern Railway'''.
==Branch Lines and extensions==
**[[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]]. Opened 1909; worked by BNR as part of Satpura Narrow Gauge Lines
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==Railways absorbed into BNR==
*[[East Coast State Railway]]. GoI survey 1890; GoI owned; opened 1893-98; N.sections worked and absorbed by BNR;
*[[Katni-Umaria Provincial State Railway]]. Opened 1886-87. Previously named [[Bilaspur-Etawa Provincial State Railway]] renamed [[Katni-Umaria Provincial State Railway]], c1887; then merged into BNR.
*[[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]]. Opened 1880; previously Chhattisgarh State Railway owned by Provincial Government; worked as part of the Indian State Railways; merged into BNR, 1887.
*[[Nagpur-Chhindwara Railway]]. Opened 1911, owned by GoI and worked by BNR merged into [[Satpura Railway]], c.1920.
*[[Umaria Coalfield Railway]]. Opened 1883 , connected to main line, 1891 as part of [[Katni-Umaria Provincial State Railway]], c1887; then merged into BNR.
==Lines worked by BNR at some time==
