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| The '''Chhindwara-Pench Coal Fields Railway''' opened in 1906-7 to connect the Pench coalfield with the by [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) network at [[Chhindwara]] . The line was 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) with a length of 22 miles(36km).
| | #REDIRECT [[Pench Valley Coalfield Railway]] |
| <ref> [https://books.google.fr/books?id=nkPUnn3HiZoC&pg=PA159&lpg=PA159&dq=Chhindwara-Pench+Coal+Fields+Railway&source=bl&ots=py14e9ydQk&sig=bQxL8BQhrO5cc1Lny_LEzhlQZh4&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisl8Wm-9XKAhWCgBoKHcJjA_0Q6AEIRzAH#v=onepage&q=Chhindwara-Pench%20Coal%20Fields%20Railway&f=false Google Books ‘Spatial Framework and Economic Development: A Geographical Perspective’ page 159; by Shri Kamal Sharma ] Retrieved on 1 Feb 2016</ref>
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| The railway was worked by [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) as part of [[Satpura Railway]] Narrow Gauge network.
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| ==Further Information==
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| See '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]''' and '''[[Satpura Railway]]'''
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:State Railways]]
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