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== History ==
The BNR was the last major railway formed to benefit from a Government guarantee, with the system from the outset owned by the GoI who contracted the BNR company to manage matters, initially for 25 years and therafter determinable every 10 years. The BNR was the last company to be nationalised, on 1 October 1944. In 1952, the BNR was merged with the [[East Indian Railway]] to form Indian Railways' '''Eastern Railway''' but in 1955, BNR re-emerged to form '''South Eastern Railway'''.
==Branch Lines and extensions==
*[[Anuppur-Manendragarb-Chimiri Railway]]. Opened 1939 by BNR; built primarily to convey coal from the Kotma area
*[[Cuttack-Midnapore-Calcutta Railway Survey]]. Surveyed 1899 and absorbed into BNR network, extended by BNR 1901
*[[Nagbhir-Nagpur Branch Railway]]. Opened 1908, branch line of BNR(qv) Southern Grid. Construction commenced 1905
*[[Raipur-Dhamtari and Rajim Branch Railway]]. The first narrow gauge branch of BNR(qv), opened 1900 and extended to Rajim 1906
*[[Purulia-Ranchi Light Railway]]. Opened 1907 Narrow gauge section of BNR
*[[Satpura Railways]]. Developed by the BNR 1902-9; connected Jubbupore with Gondia, Mandla Fort, Chhindwara and Nagpur; later extended. Comprising -
**[[Gondia-Chanda Railway]]. Extension of the BNR narrow gauge Satpura Railway network, opened 1908-16
**[[Gondia-Nainpur-Chhindwara-Jabalpur Railway]]. Opened 1903-05 as part of Satpura Narrow Gauge Lines
**[[Jubblepore-Gondia Railway]]. Opened 1902, owned by GoI; worked by BNR(qv); merged into Satpura Rly(qv), c.1920
**[[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]]. Opened 1909; worked by BNR as part of Satpura Narrow Gauge Lines
==Railways absorbed into BNR==
==Lines worked by BNR at some time==
==Records==
