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‘Collieries and Coal Supplies’and ‘Worhops’ headings added and other minor edits
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|headquarters= [[Calcutta]]
|workshop= Motibagh Workshop, Nagpur <br>,[[Kharagpur]] <br>''see'' [[BNR Railway Workshops]]<br>''and ''[[Kharagpur Railway Workshops]]
|stations= [[Asansol]], [[Balasore]], [[Bilaspur]], [[Chanda]], [[Chhindwara]], [[Cuttack]], [[Jubbulpore]], [[Mandla]], [[Nagpur]], [[Raipur]], [[Sambalpur]], [[Vizagapatam|Vizagapattam]]
|system1date= 1952
[[File: Bengal-Nagpur Railway Railway Map 1909.png|thumb| Bengal-Nagpur Railway Map 1909]]
[[File:Bengal-Nagpur Railway 1937 Map.png|thumb| Bengal-Nagpur Railway System 1937 Map]]
The '''Bengal-Nagpur Railway''' (BNR) was formed in 1887 with the following three objectives <ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf Indian Railways “Nagpur Division Railway History”]; Retrieved 22 Dec 2017</ref> :-
*To take over the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway|Nagpur-Chhattisgarh Railway]], 149 miles (240km) from the Government and to convert the existing metre gauge track to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])
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 the Indian Railway ‘[[Eastern Railway]]’ but in 1955, BNR re-emerged to form the ‘[[South Eastern Railway]]’.
==BNR Workshops==
The BNR had workhops at several locations
* ''see'' [[BNR Railway Workshops]]
* ''and ''[[Kharagpur Railway Workshops]]
==BNR Collieries and Coal Supplies==
''See separate pages''
* ‘[[Umaria Coalfield Railway|Umaria Colliery]]’, a BNR Colliery from 1888
* ‘[[Bengal-Nagpur_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#1918_BG_Network|Sanctoria Colliery]]’, from 1889
* ‘[[Bengal-Nagpur_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#1918_BG_Network|Nodila Colliery]]’, from 1903
* ‘[[Bengal-Nagpur_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#1918_BG_Network|Murulidih Colliery]]’, from 1907
* ‘[[Argada Colliery BNR| Argada Colliery]]’, a BNR Colliery
* ‘[[Deulberra Colliery]]’ (was ‘Talchar Colliery’), a BNR Colliery
* ‘[[Bokaro_Ramgarh_Coalfields_Railways#Joint_Collieries|Bokaro Joint Coalfield]]’, the BNR worked jointly with the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR)
* ‘[[Bokaro_Ramgarh_Coalfields_Railways#Joint_Collieries| Sawang Joint Coalfield]]’, the BNR worked jointly with EIR
==BNR Railway Network==
There are some reports, letters and notes on the railway's history covering 1890-1930 held at
*[http://www.hertsdirect.org/services/leisculture/heritage1/hals/ '''Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies'''], including copies of the ''Bengal-Nagpur Railway Magazine'' for July 1929, August 1929, November 1930 and December 1930.
==Personnel==
