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'''Panposh-Ruipura Railway'''
The '''Panposh-Ruipura Railway''' Company was a privately financed broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line linking [[Panposh]] to [[Ruipura]], 14 miles(22km). The construction by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] Company(BNR) on behalf of the Panposh-Ruipura Branch Railway Company was sanctioned on 10 Jan 1917.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n19/mode/2up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 11]; Retrieved 10 Feb 2016</ref>
 
The primary purpose of the line was to convey limestone from Raipura and the line opened in 1919.
The line was  worked by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR)
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
 
In 1923 the ownership transferred to the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) with the line being absorbed into the BNR
<ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway South Eastern - Notes and Sources" by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>


Opened 1919-20; worked by BNR(qv)
==Further Information==
 
See '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]'''
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== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
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[[Category:Private Railways]]

Latest revision as of 11:46, 10 February 2016

The Panposh-Ruipura Railway Company was a privately financed broad gauge(BG) line linking Panposh to Ruipura, 14 miles(22km). The construction by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company(BNR) on behalf of the Panposh-Ruipura Branch Railway Company was sanctioned on 10 Jan 1917. [1]

The primary purpose of the line was to convey limestone from Raipura and the line opened in 1919. The line was worked by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) [2]

In 1923 the ownership transferred to the Government of India(GoI) with the line being absorbed into the BNR [3]

Further Information

See Bengal-Nagpur Railway

References