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'''Bhandara District Manganese Mines Railways'''
A manganese mining operation originally founded in 1896 as the 'Central Provinces Prospecting Syndicate'. It was renamed in 1924 as the 'Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company' and nationalised after independence <ref name=DarvillMP03>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry MP03 page ....</ref> . The company operated several mines, two in this District and many more in the [[Balaghat District Manganese Mines Railways|'''Balaghat District''']] and several in [[Nagpur District Manganese Mines Railways|'''Nagpur District''']].
The mines in the Bhandara District started working in 1903 and by 1908. The pre-1947 information on railways in this District is as follows:-
