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'''Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway'''

'''Spelling Note''' 
*Gurumaishini is used in earlier records.
* Gorumahisani  is used from about 1910 and is also the modern spelling

[[File:Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway.png|thumb|Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway]]
The [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) ‘Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway’ from Kalimati (later called Tatanagar Junction, 5km south of [[Jamshedpur]]) to [[Gorumahisani]].  The line was 40 miles(64km) in length and opened in 1911
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n11/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 2 (pdf11)]; Retrieved 3 May 2017</ref>.

At [[Gorumahisani]]  there was an interchange with the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) [[Gorumahisani Iron Mine Railway |‘Gorumahisani Iron Mine Railway’ -'' see separate page for more information'']]

At Kalimati there was an interchange with the 2ft 6in/762mm [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]   ‘[[Jamshedpur Steel Works Railway]]’ carrying the iron mined at [[Gorumahisani]]  to the Steelworks at [[Jamshedpur]] [[Jamshedpur Steel Works Railway|-''see separate page for more information'']].

Further Iron reserves were later found further south and the “Badampahar Spur” was opened in about 1922 from   Aunlajori Junction to Badampahar, 21 miles(33km) where there was an interchange with the 2ft/610mm [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]   [[Badampahar Iron Mine Railway|‘Badampahar Iron Mine Railway’- ''see separate page for more information]] ''

==Earlier History==
The ‘[[Gurumaishini-Sini Railway Project]]’ was a proposal in 1906 for Messrs Tata and Sons to construct an Iron and Steelworks near [[Sini]] in Mourbhanj State to connect with the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) network at [[Gorumahisani|Gorumahisani(Gurumaishini)]]. This proposal was not adopted, and the Steelworks was located at [[Jamshedpur ]]. [[Gurumaishini-Sini Railway Project|'' - See separate page for more information on this project]] ''

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