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'''Khamgaon Branch Railway''', also described as the '''Khamgaon State Railway''' and in earlier records as the '''Khangaum Railway''' | |||
The | The '''Khamgaon Branch Railway''' was a short Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) | ||
<ref>[https:// | branch railway connecting [[Khamgaon]] to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) ‘Nagpur Branch’ at [[Jalam]] | ||
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_194.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v.5”, p. 186] Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>. | |||
The line with a length of 7½ miles(12km) opened in Mar 1870 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] as the ‘GIPR Khamgaon Branch’ | |||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>. | |||
The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=tytcAAAAQAAJ&printsec=GBS.PP597&pg=GBS.RA13-PA38 ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and 90, page 38, pdf 598]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref> gives the spelling as the “Khangaum Railway” | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:19, 10 April 2018
Khamgaon Branch Railway, also described as the Khamgaon State Railway and in earlier records as the Khangaum Railway
The Khamgaon Branch Railway was a short Indian State broad gauge(BG) branch railway connecting Khamgaon to the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) ‘Nagpur Branch’ at Jalam [1].
The line with a length of 7½ miles(12km) opened in Mar 1870 and worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway as the ‘GIPR Khamgaon Branch’ [2].
The 1870-71 ‘Annual Report on Railways in India’ [3] gives the spelling as the “Khangaum Railway”
References
- ↑ “Imperial Gazetteer of India, v.5”, p. 186 Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 65 (pdf73) ; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
- ↑ ‘Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons Vol 19, 1872’ “Annual Report on Railways in India for 1871-72; The Oomrawutee and Khangaum Railways” Paras 89 and 90, page 38, pdf 598; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018
