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| − | The '''Pench Valley Coalfield Railway''' was a | + | 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 [[Chhinwara]]; 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 – | + | <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhindwara_railway_station Chhindwara Railway Station]; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016</ref> |
| − | <ref>[http:// | + | <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> | |
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| + | 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> | ||
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Revision as of 09:06, 2 January 2016
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 Chhinwara; 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]
References
- ↑ Chhindwara Railway Station; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
- ↑ Google Books - “Spatial Framework and Economic Development: A Geographical Perspective – Coalfields” by Shri Kamal Sharma page 159; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
- ↑ Google Books “Gonds of the Central Indian Highlands" by B.H.Mehta, Vol II; page 770 published 1984; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
- ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 14; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
