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'''{{Line Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Gondia]]-Chanda [[Chandra Fort]] |gauge1= 2ft 6in NG|gauge1details= 150 miles (1916)|gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1908 Nov|timeline1details= [[Gondia]] to [[Nagbhir]], 81 miles opened|timeline2date= 1910 Dec |timeline2details= to [[Rajoli]], a further 32 miles|timeline3date= 1913 Apr|timeline3details= to [[Babupeth]], a further 35 miles |timeline4date= 1916 Feb|timeline4details= to [[Chandra Fort]], the final 1.5 miles opened|timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bengal (Presidency)|Bengal]]|stations= [[Gondia]], [[Nagbhir]], [[Rajoli]], [[Babupeth]], [[Chandra Fort]] |system1date= 1908|system1details= Worked by [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]|system2date= c.1920|system2details= Merged to form [[Satpura Railway''']] |system3date=|system3details=}}
Extension of the BNR The [[Gondia-Chanda Railway]] was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge Satpura Railway(qv[[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) networkline, owned by opened 1908-16Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) and worked by [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR).
{{Workstarted in 1905 but due to shortage of funds was not completed until 1916.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n14/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 6]; Retrieved 25 Feb 2016</ref><ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway South Eastern -Notes and Source" section BN12 by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 25 Feb 2016</ref><ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf Indian Railways "Nagpur Division Railway History"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref> The Gondia-Chanda Railway merged with the [[Jubbulpore-ProgressGondia Railway]] and the [[Nagpur-Rly}}Chhindwara Railway]] to form the '''[[Satpura Railway]]''' around 1920. == References ==<references />
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