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Developed by [[Nainpur]] was the BNR(qv) 1902-9; focal point of the network which connected Jubbupore [[Jabalpur]] with [[Gondia]], [[Mandla Fort]], [[Chhindwara ]] and Nagpu; later extended[[Nagpur]]. When completed the extensive network of NG tracks measured just over 1,000 km. <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satpura_narrow_gauge_lines] Wikipedia - Satpura Narrow Gauge Lines</ref>
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The '''Satpura Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) network developed by the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR) from 1903 to 1913.
At [[Nagpur]] and [[Gondia]] there were connections with BNR's [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway |Nagpur Chhattisgarh section]] broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline that crossed the Satpura network. ==Branch Lines and extensionsOrigins==Some ten years after the Bengal Nagpur Railway Company(BNR) was formed, engineering surveys were carried out in the then Central Provinces with a view to open a low-cost railway that would unite the region into a whole. The object of the railway was two-fold: first, to open up the agricultural and mineral resources of the region; and secondly, to safeguard the inhabitants of the area should a famine arise. The gauge selected for the purpose was 2 feet 6 inches<ref name=name>[[Chhindwarahttp://railwaysofraj.blogspot.fr/2013/05/a-tribute-to-satpura-railway-Pench Coal Fields Railway]], opened 1906part-7i.html] A Tribute to the Satpura Railway (Part I)</ref>
BNR signed a contract with Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) for the Narrow Gauge Satpura Railway on 23rd January 1902 for constructing the Gondia-Jabalpur, Nainpur-Mandla Fort, Nainpur-Seoni-Chhindwara lines.<ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf] Indian Railways, History of Nagpur Division </ref> ==Satpura Network==*Gondia-Nainpur Railway, opened 1903*Nainpur-Chhindwara Railway, opened 1904*Nainpur-Jabalpur Railway, opened 1905*[[Chhindwara-Pench Coal Fields Railway]] opened 1906-7*[[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]] opened in 1909 and worked by *[[BengalNagpur-Nagpur Chhindwara Railway]](opened 1913 == Worked by BNR)'s Satpura Railway=={{Work*[[Tumsar-Katangi Light Railway]], a 2ft NG private line built to carry manganese ore deposits found in-Progress-Rly}}the region; this line ceased operation in 1929.<ref name=name/> == References ==<references />
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