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'''Balaghat District Manganese Mines Railways''' | |||
A manganese mining opera entral Provinces Prospecting Syndicate'. It was renamed in 1924 as the 'Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company'and nationalised after independence. A company operates several mines and the pre-1947 information on railways follows:- | |||
[[Balaghat]] was a station on the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) 'Jubbulpore-Gondia Extension' which was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line that opened in January 1903 connecting at [[Gondia]] to the BNR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline. | |||
*'''Balaghat Mine''', first working in 1901, located north of [[Balaghat]] and connected by 3.5km branch to join the BNR NG line 3 km north of [[Balaghat]] station. The records show that the mine operated 2ft 0in(610mm) NG and 1ft 6in(457mm) track, locomotives and tubs <ref>MP03<ref/> | |||
Revision as of 07:32, 4 March 2017
Balaghat District Manganese Mines Railways
A manganese mining opera entral Provinces Prospecting Syndicate'. It was renamed in 1924 as the 'Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company'and nationalised after independence. A company operates several mines and the pre-1947 information on railways follows:-
Balaghat was a station on the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) 'Jubbulpore-Gondia Extension' which was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line that opened in January 1903 connecting at Gondia to the BNR broad gauge(BG) mainline.
- Balaghat Mine, first working in 1901, located north of Balaghat and connected by 3.5km branch to join the BNR NG line 3 km north of Balaghat station. The records show that the mine operated 2ft 0in(610mm) NG and 1ft 6in(457mm) track, locomotives and tubs <ref>MP03Cite error: The opening
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