Panposh-Ruipura Railway
The Panposh-Ruipura Railway Company was a privately financed broad gauge(BG) line linking Panposh to Ruipura, 14 miles(22km). The construction by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway Company(BNR) on behalf of the Panposh-Ruipura Branch Railway Company was sanctioned on 10 Jan 1917. [1]
The primary purpose of the line was to convey limestone from Raipura and the line opened in 1919. The line was worked by the Bengal-Nagpur Railway(BNR) [2]
In 1923 the ownership transferred to the Government of India(GoI) with the line being absorbed into the BNR [3]
Further Information
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 11; Retrieved 10 Feb 2016
- ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Indian Railway South Eastern - Notes and Sources" by Keith Scholey; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015