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- 1. Jubbulpore-Gondia Mainline, total length 142 miles(228 km):-
- section 1a.Nainpur to Gondia via Balaghat opened 1903;
- section 1b.Jubblupore to Nainpur via Howbagh, and Burgi opened 1904-05.
- 1.1. ‘Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway’, length 26 miles (42km), (also described as the ‘Mandla Branch Line’), opened from Nainpur to Mandla Fort (described as Garha Mandia) , 1909.
- 1.2. ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’, length 109 miles(175km), from Nainpur via Seoni and Chaurai to Chhindwara, 1904; to Khirsadoh 1906; to Barkuhi, 1907.
- 1.3. ‘Katangi Branch Line’, length 29 miles(46km), from Balaghat to Katangi, opened 1913
- 1.4. ‘Ram Rama Branch Line’, length 5.4 miles(8km), opened 1913, not now existing
- 1.5. ‘Khirsadoh-Sirgora Spur Line’, length 8.4 miles(13km), from Khirsadoh on the ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’, under construction 1918.
- 1.6. ‘Itwari Bazar Scheme’, length 0.6 miles(1km), under construction 1918 in suburbs of Nagpur .
- 2. Nagpur-Chhindwara Mainline, length 89 miles(143km), from Itwari (in suburbs of Nagpur) via Saoner, Lodhikhera and Sansar, 1911; to Chhindwara.
- 2.1. ‘Saoner-Khapa Branch Line’, length 4.5 miles(7km), opened from Saoner to Khapa, 1911,
- 2.2. ‘ Katchidhana Branch Line’, length 4 miles(6km), route not identified, 1912,
- 3. Gondia-Chanda Mainline, total length 149 miles(239 km)
- section 3a. Gondia to Nagbhir opened 1908;
- section 3b. Opened in stages, to Rajoli 1910; to Babupeth 1913; reaching Chanda Fort in 1916. The Nagbhir-Chanda work was started in 1906 but due to the shortage of funds was not completed until 1 April 1913 as far as Babupeth with the last 2 miles to Chandra Fort opening in 1916.
- 3.1. 'Nagbhir-Nagpur Branch Railway’, length 68 miles (109km), from Nagbhir to Itwari (in suburbs of Nagpur), opened 1908 with later rearrangements at Itwari.
Worked by BNR's Satpura Railway
- 4.1. 'Chhindwara-Pench Coal Fields Railway’, length 22 miles(36km), opened from the Pench and Kanhan coalfields to Chhindwara; where it connected to the Satpura Railway network, 1906-7.
- '4.2. 'Tumsar-Katangi Light Railway’, a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge(NG)private line built to carry manganese ore deposits found in the region; this line ceased operation in 1929. The line interchanged with ‘Katangi Branch Line’ of the Satpura network at Katangi; it also interchanged at Tumsar Raoad with BNR's Nagpur Chhattisgarh section broad gauge(BG) mainline that crossed the Satpura network