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The 1924 Administration Report for Railway <ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85763/page/n51 ‘1924 Administration Report for Railways, page 34 (pdf51]; Retrieved 11 May 2019</ref> gives the following :- | The 1924 Administration Report for Railway <ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.85763/page/n51 ‘1924 Administration Report for Railways, page 34 (pdf51]; Retrieved 11 May 2019</ref> gives the following :- | ||
<blockquote>“This line starts from Hesla (now Barkakhana, the terminus of the South Karanpura Railway) and joins the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] main line at Chandil on the [[Purulia]]-[[Sini]] section. The object of the line is to afford an | <blockquote>“This line starts from Hesla (now Barkakhana, the terminus of the South Karanpura Railway) and joins the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] main line at Chandil on the [[Purulia]]-[[Sini]] section. The object of the line is to afford an | ||
alternative outlet to the south for coal from [[Bokoaro Coalfield Railways|West Bokharo]] and the [[ | alternative outlet to the south for coal from [[Bokoaro Coalfield Railways|West Bokharo]] and the [[Karanpura Coalfields Railways|South Karanpura coalfields]]. The line will be about 76 miles long and by the end of the year about 55%, of the work had been completed on the first 36-44 miles and about 42% on the remaining portion” </blockquote> | ||
The line became part of the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) network linking to the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) as can be seen from the 1931 Map. | The line became part of the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) network linking to the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) as can be seen from the 1931 Map. | ||
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==See Also == | ==See Also == | ||
* [[Bokaro Coalfield Raiways]] | * [[Bokaro Coalfield Raiways]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Karanpura Coalfields Railways]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 13 May 2019
Helsa-Chandil Railway, also known as the Barkakhana-Chandil Railway
The 1924 Administration Report for Railway [1] gives the following :-
“This line starts from Hesla (now Barkakhana, the terminus of the South Karanpura Railway) and joins the Bengal Nagpur Railway main line at Chandil on the Purulia-Sini section. The object of the line is to afford an alternative outlet to the south for coal from West Bokharo and the South Karanpura coalfields. The line will be about 76 miles long and by the end of the year about 55%, of the work had been completed on the first 36-44 miles and about 42% on the remaining portion”
The line became part of the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) broad gauge(BG) network linking to the East Indian Railway(EIR) as can be seen from the 1931 Map.
See Also
References
- ↑ ‘1924 Administration Report for Railways, page 34 (pdf51; Retrieved 11 May 2019