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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> | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Private Railways]] | [[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
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 11; Retrieved 10 Feb 2016
- ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Indian Railway South Eastern - Notes and Sources" by Keith Scholey; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015