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[[File: Bengal-Nagpur Railway Railway Map 1909.png|thumb| Bengal-Nagpur Railway Map 1909]]
1937 Map plus Info added
'''Bengal-Nagpur Railway - Lines Owned and Worked'''
*907 miles(1,468km) of NG.
*A further 328 miles(528km) were under construction - 266 miles(428km) of BG and 62 miles(100km) of NG.
By 1937 this had increased to 3392 miles(5459km)
*2466 miles(3969km) of BG lines
*926 miles(1490km) of Ng lines
The BNR also managed, worked and maintained a number of lines on behalf of other parties.
The BNR System Network is clearly shown on this 1937 map <ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf|Extracted From US Archive.com ‘History Of Indian Railways - Railway Department,Government of India, 1937’ pdf #43] pdf page copied, cut and marked as necessary]; Retrieved 19 Apr 2020</ref>
[[File:Bengal-Nagpur Railway 1937 Map.png|800px|right| Bengal-Nagpur Railway System 1937 Map]]
==BNR Broad Gauge (BG) Network==
**'''Calcutta Extension Line''' Sini to [[Howrah]]; opened 1900; 171 miles(274km)
**'''Fort Gloster; Lawrence Mill; East Loop Narin Bank and Kidderpore Lines; opened 1900; 4 miles(6.4km)
**'''Fuleshwar FulesVhwar Ring Mill Line; opened 1917; 0.4 mile(0.7km)
**'''Shalimar Branch''' Santragachi to Shalimar; opened 1901; 3.1 miles(5km)
**'''Cuttack Extension''' Khargpur to [[Cuttack]]; opened 1898-99; 182 miles(292km)
*'''Raipur - Vizianagram BNR Branch''', opened in 1931. Originally surveyed in 1879-82 but not constructed, then known as the [[Vizagapatam-Raipur Railway]]
*'''[[Anuppur-Manendragarb-Chimiri Railway]]''', opened 1939 by BNR; built primarily to convey coal from the Kotma area
===1937 BG Lines===
The following extensions to those given in the 1918 Report above are <ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive.com ‘History Of Indian Railways - Railway Department,Government of India, 1937’ Pages 21-23, pdf pages 44-46]; Retrieved 19 Apr 2020</ref>.
*'''Gua Branch''', opened 1924-26, 69 miles(111km), from Raj Kharsawan Junction to Gua with a 4 miles branch to Barabil
*'''Birmitapur Branch''',opened 1622-26, 18 miles(30km), from Rourkela to Birmitrepur
*'''Raipur-Vizianagram Railway''', opened 290 miles(467km) incorporating the 'Visianagram - Parvatipuram Extension' of 44 miles (77km) which had opened in 1908-09
*'''Tumsar-Tirodi BG Conversion''', opened 1929, 29 miles(47km)
*'''Tatanagar-Gorumahisani Branch''', opened in 1922, 21 miles(34km) an further development from Onlajori to Badampahar, (including Salapet Branch), from the 'Kalimati - Gorumahisani Extension', 40 miles(64km) which had opened in 1911
*''''Nergundi to Talcher Branch''', opened 1927, 62 miles(99km), from Nergundi to Talchar
*'''Bokharo-Ramgarh Extension''', 1927, 72 miles(115km), Barakakhana to Chandil; an further section to the 'Mohuda to Chaudrapura Section' of 9 miles(15km) and the BNR and EIR lines at Nunudih 1.5 miles(2.5km) all opened 1913-15
===BG Lines worked by BNR===
