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The '''Itarsi-Nagpur Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) extension to the [[Bhopal-Itarsi 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 – | 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 Administritive Report 1916-17"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref> | <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" 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://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> | <ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal%E2%80%93Nagpur_section Wikipedia "Bhiopal Nagpur Section"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 27 December 2015
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 Delhi-Chennai line in 1929
References
- ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17" page 14; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Nagpur Gazetteer 1966"; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015
- ↑ Wikipedia "Bhiopal Nagpur Section"; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015