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The '''Khamgaon Branch Railway''' was a short branchline of 7.5 miles (12km) between [[Jalamb]] and [[Khamgaon]]; worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR). The date of opening of the railway is not known ; also known as the '''Khamgaon State Railway''' and linked to the [[Khamagaon-Jalna Railway]].
'''Khamgaon Branch Railway''', also described as the '''Khamgaon State Railway''' and in earlier records as the '''Khangaum Railway'''
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jalamb_railway_station Wikipedia "Jalamb Railway Station"]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016</ref>


The railway was under consideration in 1906. ’on a 2ft 6in  gauge for a length of 93.55 miles. It will start from [[Khamgaon]], the terminus of a short branch railway, leaving the Great Indian Peninsula Railway at [[Jalamb]] ... to [[Jalna]], a station on the [[Hyderabad-Godavari Valley Railway]].... It will probably be constructed by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway’
The '''Khamgaon Branch Railway''' was a short Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])
<ref>[https://ia601006.us.archive.org/1/items/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects.pdf  "Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906"; page 30(pdf page 62)]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016</ref>
branch railway connecting [[Khamgaon]] to  the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) ‘Nagpur Branch’ at [[Jalam]]  
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_194.gif  “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v.5”, p. 186] Retrieved  10 Apr 2018</ref>.
 
The line with a length of 7½ miles(12km) opened in Mar 1870 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] as the ‘GIPR Khamgaon Branch’
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ]; Retrieved  10 Apr 2018</ref>.
 
The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP597&pg=GBS.RA13-PA38 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and  90, page 38, pdf 598]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref> gives the spelling as the “Khangaum Railway” 


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Latest revision as of 07:19, 10 April 2018

Khamgaon Branch Railway, also described as the Khamgaon State Railway and in earlier records as the Khangaum Railway

The Khamgaon Branch Railway was a short Indian State broad gauge(BG) branch railway connecting Khamgaon to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) ‘Nagpur Branch’ at Jalam [1].

The line with a length of 7½ miles(12km) opened in Mar 1870 and worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway as the ‘GIPR Khamgaon Branch’ [2].

The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ [3] gives the spelling as the “Khangaum Railway”

References

  1. ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v.5”, p. 186 Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
  2. ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
  3. ↑ ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and 90, page 38, pdf 598; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018

Further Information

See Great Indian Peninsula Railway

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