Itarsi-Nagpur Railway
The Itarsi-Nagpur Railway was a broad gauge(BG) extension to the Bhopal-Itarsi Railway The line was worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) and divided into thee sections –
- Northern section from Itarsi to Amia, 80 miles( km), opened in 1914
- Eastern section from Amia to Parasia, 53 miles( km), opened in 1915
- Southern section from Amia to Nagpur was postponed due to WW1 and finally completed in 1923-24 thus joining Itarsi to Nagpur
The Bhopal-itarsi-Nagpur line became part of the Delhi-Chennai line in 1929