The listing below is based on the “Administration Report on Railways 1918”
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BNR Main LineAsansol to Nagpur; 630 miles (1,014km); fully opened as BG by 1891. The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway in 1880-83 opened the 'Nagpur to Rajnandgaon Section', 144 miles(232km) as MG, converted to BG in 1888.
Sanctoria Coal Branch Damodaodar to Sanctoria Collieries; opened 1889; 8 miles(13km)
Chaurashi Branch Ramkanali to Nodila Colliery; opened 1903; 9 miles(14km)
Sambalpur Branch Jharauguda to Sambalpar; opened 1893; 30 miles(48km)
Kanham - Dattapahar Spur; opened 1907; 17 miles(28km)
Calcutta Extension Line Sini to Howrah; opened 1900; 171 miles(274km)
Fort Gloster; Lawrence Mill; East Loop Narin Bank and Kidderpore Lines; opened 1900; 4 miles(6.4km)
Fuleshwar Ring Mill Line; opened 1917; 0.4 mile(0.7km)
Shalimar Branch Santragachi to Shalimar; opened 1901; 3.1 miles(5km)
Cuttack Extension Khargpur to Cuttack; opened 1898-99; 182 miles(292km)
Jharia Extension Khargpur to Midnapur, opened 1901; to Bhojudih, 1903; to Gomoh, 1907; to Bhowrah, 1914. Total 151 miles(243km)
Jhariah Coalfields Spurs ‘Bhojudih-Bhaga-Mounuda Loop’, opened 1903-04; ‘Bhowra Spur’, opened 1903; ‘Bhojudih-Pathardihi Link’, opened 1906 and extended 1915. Total 22 miles(35km);
Nonoodih BNR-EIR Connection, opened 1915, 1.4 miles(2.3km)
Katras Connections Malkera to Katras, opened 1903; Khanoodih to Katras, opened 1907. Total 2.5 miles(4km)
Murulidih Branch Mohuda to Murulidih Collieries, opened 1907, 2.7 miles(4.3km)
Jamadoba Loop, opened 1903, 5.4 miles(8.7km)
Aldih Branch, opened 1906, 2.5 miles(4km)
Visianagram - Parvatipuram Extension Visianagram to Bobbili, opened 1908; Bobbili to Parvatipuram, opened 1900. Total 48 miles(77km)
Bobbili - Salur Branch Bobbilli to Salur, opened 1913, 10 miles(16km)
Kalimati - Gorumahisani Extension, Kalimati (later to become Tatanagar Junction) to Gorumahisani , opened 1911, 40 miles(64km). The ‘Badampahar Spur’ extended the line to the Badamphar Iron Mines in about 1922
Bokharo Ramgarh Extension Mghuda via Jamuniatand to the BNR/EIR joint line, opened 1913-15. Total 22 miles(35km).
Kalamna - Itsari - Nagpur Section Kalamna via Itsari to Nagpur, opened 1911, 4 miles(6.4km)
Ganjam District Light Railway, surveyed 1899 but did not go ahead in entirety; Parlakimedi Light Railway opened 1 section, 1900 worked by BNR from 1902.
Kamptee-Deolapar-Ramtek Railway, surveyed 1903 to construct light railway on public roads to convey Manganese; worked by BNR(qv); no further information
Satpura Railway. NG network. Developed by the BNR from 1904 onward, eventually being described as the ‘Satpura Railway’; connected Jubbulpore with Gondia, Mandla Fort, Chhindwara and Nagpur; later extended. Comprising: -
Jubbulpore-Gondia Railway. NG extension, opened 1903-13, owned by GoI, worked by BNR. Total 311 miles(501km)
Nagpur-Chhindwara Railway. NG extension, opened 1911, owned by GoI and worked by BNR. Total 97 miles(156km)
Tumsar-Tirodi Light Railway. 2ft 0in/610mm narrow gauge(NG); opened 1910 as ‘Tumsar-Katangi Railway’ owned by Central India Mining Co ; Purchased in 1916-17 by GoI; worked by BNR; connecting to BNR's Satpura Railway.
NG Lines worked by BNR
See separate pages for details
Parlakimedi Light Railway, 2ft 6in/762mm NG; owned by Raja of Parlakimedi, opened 1900, worked by BNR, 25 miles(39km).
Mourbhanj State Railway, 2ft 6in/762mm NG; owned by Mourbhanj State, opened 1905, worked by BNR, 32 miles(km). Renamed Mayurbhanj Railway 1920 and transferred to private company.
