Itarsi-Nagpur Railway: Difference between revisions

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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

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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
-{{Work-in-Progress-Rly}}
+== Further Information==
+See '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''
+== References ==
+<references />
 [[Category:Railways]]
+[[Category:State Railways]]