Bhopal-Itarsi Railway

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Bhopal-Itarsi Railway
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Line of route
Itarsi to Hoshangabad
Hoshangabad to Bhopal
Gauge / mileage
Broad gauge 13 miles (1905) [British section]
Broad gauge 44 miles (1905) [Indian State section]
Timeline
1884 Line opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Itarsi, Hoshangabad, Bhopal
System agency
Indian State line worked by GIPR
How to interpret this infobox

The Bhopal-Itarsi Railway comprised two sections:-

  • The longer section was an Indian States Railway, the Bhopal State Railway, opened 1884.
  • The shorter section was classified as a State Railway and opened in 1885.


Together they formed the Bhopal-Itarsi Railway linking Bhopal and Itarsi.


Initially worked by Indian Midland Railway(IMR) and amalgamated into Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) in 1900.