Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway

Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway

Spelling Note

• Gurumaishini is used in earlier records.
• Gorumahisani is used from about 1910 and is also the modern spelling

Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway

The Bengal-Nagpur Railway broad gauge(BG) ‘Kalimati-Gorumahisani Extension Railway’ from Kalimati (later called Tatanagar Junction, 5km south of Jamshedpur) to Gorumahisani. The line was 40 miles(64km) in length and opened in 1911 .

At Gorumahisani there was an interchange with the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) ‘Gorumahisani Iron Mine Railway’ - see separate page for more information

At Kalimati there was an interchange with the 2ft 6in/762mm NG ‘Jamshedpur Steel Works Railway’ carrying the iron mined at Gorumahisani to the Steelworks at Jamshedpur -see separate page for more information.

Further Iron reserves were later found further south and the “Badampahar Spur” was opened in about 1922 from Aunlajori Junction to Badampahar, 21 miles(33km) where there was an interchange with the 2ft/610mm NG ‘Badampahar Iron Mine Railway’- see separate page for more information

Earlier History

The ‘Gurumaishini-Sini Railway Project’ was a proposal in 1906 for Messrs Tata and Sons to construct an Iron and Steelworks near Sini in Mourbhanj State to connect with the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) network at Gorumahisani(Gurumaishini). This proposal was not adopted, and the Steelworks was located at Jamshedpur . - See separate page for more information on this project