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The '''Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway''' (NCR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line. The full name was the ‘Nagpur-Chhattisgarh Provincial State Railway’ and also known as '''Chhattisgarh State Railway''', owned by the Provincial Government and worked as part of the Indian State Railways. The Railway track, which extended from [[Nagpur]] to [[Rajnandgaon]] passed through [[Tumsar]], [[Gondia]] and [[Dongargarh]] and opened in stages from 1880 to 1883. | |||
<ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf “South-Eastern Railway Notes” footnote 1, page 2 by Hugh Scholey]; Retrieved 26 May 2016</ref> | |||
The 'Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was, in 1887, absorbed by the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR), a company incorporated in 1887; thus marked the beginning of BNR. The conversion of the line to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) was completed by 1891 | |||
<ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf Website of SE Railway India "History of Nagpur Division - Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway" paragraph 1.1]; Retrieved 26 May 2016</ref>. | |||
==Personnel== | |||
*[[John Edwin Dallas]] from the [[Public Works Department]] was, in 1876, posted to the Survey of the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway. | |||
== Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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[[Category:Railways]] | |||
[[Category:State Railways]] | |||
Revision as of 09:12, 26 May 2016
The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway (NCR) was a metre gauge(MG) line. The full name was the ‘Nagpur-Chhattisgarh Provincial State Railway’ and also known as Chhattisgarh State Railway, owned by the Provincial Government and worked as part of the Indian State Railways. The Railway track, which extended from Nagpur to Rajnandgaon passed through Tumsar, Gondia and Dongargarh and opened in stages from 1880 to 1883. [1]
The 'Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was, in 1887, absorbed by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR), a company incorporated in 1887; thus marked the beginning of BNR. The conversion of the line to broad gauge(BG) was completed by 1891 [2].
Personnel
- John Edwin Dallas from the Public Works Department was, in 1876, posted to the Survey of the Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway.
Further Information
References
- ↑ “South-Eastern Railway Notes” footnote 1, page 2 by Hugh Scholey; Retrieved 26 May 2016
- ↑ Website of SE Railway India "History of Nagpur Division - Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway" paragraph 1.1; Retrieved 26 May 2016