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The '''Purulia Ranchi Light Railway''' was a narrow gauge branch of the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] - later [[South Eastern Railway]]. It was opened by Sir Andrew Fraser, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal on 14th November 1907 <ref> ''Bihar District Gazzeteer'' Volume 16 </ref>. The section of the railway extended to 73 miles (117 km). Previous to this [[Ranchi]] had been about 70 miles from a station.
The line was extended to [[Lohardaga]] - about 70km west of Ranchi in 1913.
The track was converted to broad gauge in January 2004.
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