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[[File: Parlakimedi Light Railway.png|thumb| Parlakimedi Light Railway ]]
The '''Parlakimedi Light Railway''' (PLR) was a short 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, owned by the Raja of Parlakimedi; the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Parlakimedi State]]. It linked [[Parlakimedi]] to Nanpada, a length of 24 miles (39km), the line opened in 1900. The working of the railway was taken over by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] in 1902.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n16/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 8]; Retrieved 10 Feb 2016</ref>
The line was extended from Parlakimedi to Varanasi (16 miles/25km)) opened 1929, and extended further from Varanasi to Gunpur (16 miles/25km) opened in 1931. Bringing total line to 56 miles(90km)
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