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'''Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway''' | The '''Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, opened in 1909 and worked by [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) as part of the [[Satpura Railway]] Narrow Gauge Lines | ||
The Mandla Branch of EBR , 26 miles (42km), from [[Nainpur]] to [[Mandla]] (described as Garha Mandle), more usually as Mandla Fort), opened 1909 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n15/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 6]; Retrieved 25 Nov 2016</ref>. | |||
The Nainpur-Mandla Fort section closed in 2015 for conversion to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQtuOtO2R8Y U Tube “Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway” by Ammar Rizvi 2 Dec 2015]; Retrieved 25 Nov 2016</ref> | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Satpura Railway]]''' | |||
and '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | |||
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]] |
Latest revision as of 08:17, 25 November 2016
The Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line, opened in 1909 and worked by Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) as part of the Satpura Railway Narrow Gauge Lines
The Mandla Branch of EBR , 26 miles (42km), from Nainpur to Mandla (described as Garha Mandle), more usually as Mandla Fort), opened 1909 [1].
The Nainpur-Mandla Fort section closed in 2015 for conversion to broad gauge(BG) [2]
Further Information
See Satpura Railway