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'''Itarsi-Nagpur Railway'''
The '''Itarsi-Nagpur Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) extension to the [[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]]
The line was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) and divided into three sections –
<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 11 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1966/final_gazettee/comm1.html "Nagpur Gazetteer 1966"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal%E2%80%93Nagpur_section  Wikipedia "Bhiopal Nagpur Section"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
* Northern  section  from [[Itarsi]] to [[Amia]], 80 miles( km), opened in 1914
* Eastern section from [[Amia]] to [[Parasia]], 53 miles( km), opened in 1915
* Southern section from [[Amia]] to [[Nagpur]] was postponed due to WW1 and finally completed in 1923-24 thus joining Itarsi to Nagpur


Extension of Bhopal-Itsari Railway(qv); part 1914-15, completed 1923-4; worked by GIPR(qv)
The  Bhopal-Itarsi-Nagpur line became part of the GIPR Delhi-Chennai mainline in 1929


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== Further Information==
See '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 07:07, 27 February 2016

The Itarsi-Nagpur Railway was a broad gauge(BG) extension to the Bhopal-Itarsi Railway The line was worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) and divided into three sections – [1] [2] [3]

  • Northern section from Itarsi to Amia, 80 miles( km), opened in 1914
  • Eastern section from Amia to Parasia, 53 miles( km), opened in 1915
  • Southern section from Amia to Nagpur was postponed due to WW1 and finally completed in 1923-24 thus joining Itarsi to Nagpur

The Bhopal-Itarsi-Nagpur line became part of the GIPR Delhi-Chennai mainline in 1929

Further Information

See Great Indian Peninsula Railway

References