Pench Valley Coalfield Railway
The Pench Valley Coalfield Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG)line, length 22 miles (36km). The line ran from the Pench and Kanhan coalfields to Chhinwara; where it connected to the Bengal Nagpur Railway(BNR) Satpura Railway network centred on Nagpur. The line opened in 1906-7 and was worked by BNR. [1] [2] [3]
The expansion of the Pench and Kanhan coalfields required an additional outlet and the Eastern Section broad gauge(BG) branch of the Itarsi-Nagpur Railway was opened in 1915. [4]
References
- ↑ Wikipedia "Chhindwara Railway Station"; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
- ↑ Google Books - “Spatial Framework and Economic Development: A Geographical Perspective – Coalfields” by Shri Kamal Sharma page 159; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
- ↑ Google Books “Gonds of the Central Indian Highlands" by B.H.Mehta, Vol II; page 770 published 1984; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016
- ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 14; Retrieved 02 Jan 2016