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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. The name ‘Satpura’ appears to have been adopted to describe the network after the ‘Satpura Range’ of hills in the [[Central Provinces]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satpura_Range Wikipedia “Satpura Range” "]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>.


[[Nainpur]] was the focal point of the network which connected [[Jubbulpore]] with [[Gondia]],  [[Mandla]] Fort,  [[Chhindwara]] and [[Nagpur]] <ref  name=wiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satpura_narrow_gauge_lines Wikipedia "Satpura Narrow Gauge Lines"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>.
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.
==History==
Some ten years after the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] Company(BNR) was formed in 1887, 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 narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])
<ref name=name>[http://railwaysofraj.blogspot.fr/2013/05/a-tribute-to-satpura-railway-part-i.html "A Tribute to the Satpura Railway (Part I)"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</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-Jubbulpore, 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"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
The 1918 Administration Report gave a total network length of 488miles(785km) comprising:-
* [[Jubbulpore-Gondia  Railway]] -  391 miles(629km)
*[[Nagpur-Chhindwara Railway]] -  97 miles(156km)
When completed the extensive network of NG tracks measured just over 1,000 km <ref  name=wiki/>.
==Satpura Network==
Information taken from the” Administration Report for Railways 1918”
'''[[Jubbulpore-Gondia  Railway]]'''
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n15/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 6 (pdf15)]; Retrieved  11 Dec 2016</ref>
* ‘Jubbulpore-Gondia Mainline’, the first section [[Nainpur]] via Balaghat to [[Gondia]] opened 1903; [[Jubblupore]] via Howbagh, and Burgi to [[Nainpur]] opened 1904-05. Total length 142 miles(228 km)
** [[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]], (described as the ‘Mandla Branch Line’), opened from [[Nainpur]] to [[Mandla]] Fort (described as Garha Mandia) , 1909. Length 26 miles (42km)
** ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’ opened from [[Nainpur]] via Seoni and Chaurai to [[Chhindwara]], 1904; to Khirsadoh 1906; to Barkuhi, 1907. Length 109 miles(175km)
** ‘Katangi Branch Line’, opened from Balaghat to Katangi, 1913; and the ‘Ram Rama Branch Line’,1913 ''(not identified)'', 1913. Total length 5.4 miles(8km)
** ‘Khirsadoh-Sirgora Spur Line’ from Khirsadoh on the ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’, under construction 1918. Length 8.4 miles(13km)
** ‘Itwari Bazar Scheme’, under construction 1918 in suburbs of [[Nagpur]] . Length 0.6 miles(1km)
'''[[Nagpur-Chhindwara Railway]]'''
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n15/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 8 (pdf17)]; Retrieved  11 Dec 2016</ref>
* ‘Nagpur-Chhindwara Mainline’, opened from Itwari , in suburbs of [[Nagpur]] via Saoner, Lodhikhera and Sansar, 1911; to [[Chhindwara]]. Length 89 miles(143km)
** ‘Saoner-Khapa Branch Line’, opened from Saoner to Khapa, 1911. Length 4.5 miles(7km)
** ‘ Katchidhana Branch Line’, route not identified, 1912. Length 4 miles(6km)
== Worked by BNR's Satpura Railway==
*[[Chhindwara-Pench Coal Fields Railway]] opened from the Pench and Kanhan coalfields to [[Chhindwara]]; where it connected to the  Satpura Railway network, 1906-7. Length 22 miles(36km)
*[[Tumsar-Katangi Light Railway]], a a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])private line built to carry manganese ore deposits found in the region; this line ceased operation in 1929. The line interchanged with ‘Katangi Branch Line’ of the Satpura network at Katangi; it also interchanged at Tumsar Raoad with BNR's [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway |Nagpur Chhattisgarh section]] broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline that crossed the Satpura network.

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