Itarsi-Nagpur Railway: Difference between revisions

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The Itarsi-Nagpur Railway was a broad gauge(BG) extension to the Bhopal-Itarsi Railway divided into thee sections –

Northern section from Itarsi to Amia, 80 miles( km), opened in 1914
Eastern section from Amia to Parasia, 53 miles( km), opened in 1915
Southern section from Amia to Nagpur was postponed due to WW1 and finally completed in 1923-24 thus joining Itarsi to Nagpur

The Bhopal-itarsi-Nagpur line became part of the Delhi-Chennai line in 1929

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-'''Itarsi-Nagpur Railway'''
+The '''Itarsi-Nagpur Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) extension to the [[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]] divided into thee sections –
+* Northern  section  from [[Itarsi]] to [[Amia]], 80 miles( km), opened in 1914
+* Eastern section from [[Amia]] to [[Parasia]], 53 miles( km), opened in 1915
+* Southern section from [[Amia]] to [[Nagpur]] was postponed due to WW1 and finally completed in 1923-24 thus joining Itarsi to Nagpur
+The  Bhopal-itarsi-Nagpur line became part of the Delhi-Chennai line in 1929
+==External Links==
+*[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17]
+*[http://nagpur.nic.in/gazetteer/gaz1966/final_gazettee/comm1.html Nagpur Gazetteer 1966]
+*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal%E2%80%93Nagpur_section  Wikipedia]
-Extension of Bhopal-Itsari Railway(qv); part 1914-15, completed 1923-4; worked by GIPR(qv)
-{{Work-in-Progress-Rly}}
 [[Category:Railways]]
 [[Category:State Railways]]