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Indian State lineThe section from [[Itarsi]] to [[Hoshangabad]], initially worked by Indian Midland11 miles(qv17km) as Bhopal-Itarsiopened in 1882 and with the opening of the [[Nerbudda (Indian State SectionHoshangabad); then by Bridge GIPR|Nerbudda Bridge]] the line reached [[Bhopal]] in Nov 1884, a total length of 45 miles(qv72km)<ref name=Admin79>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n79/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 70-71 (pdf78-79 ]; Retrieved 24 Mar 2018</ref>
{{WorkThe railway was initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway|’Indian Midland Railway Company ]](IMR) under a Contract of 2 Oct 1885, amended 17 Feb 1891 to include the two sections and a Supplementary Contract of 1 Jan 1894 <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/14/988 “The Indian Midland Railway Company Limited, Contract for the maintenance and working of Bhopal State Railway, supplemental to the contract of 2nd October, 1885. Secretary of State”</ref> This railway became part of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) network in 1900 under a Contract dated 21 Dec 1900<ref name=Admin79/>. This as a result of the amalgamation of the IMR into the GIPR. The line became part of the [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-in_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Mainline|''' GIPR Midland Division''']] ==Personnel==*[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] from the [[Public Works Department]] (PWD), Assistant Engineer, 1874 employed on the construction of Bhopal State Railway <ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/430 “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.*[[Henry Thomas Geoghegan]] from PWD, Superintending Engineer, 1879, Bhopal State Railway Survey <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA501 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 501 (pdf page 464)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>. ==Further Information==''See'' '''[[ Bhopal-ProgressItarsi Railway]]''' for later development of this railway<br>''and'' '''[[Indian Midland Railway]]''' up to 1900, <br>''See also'' [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-Rly}}_Lines_owned_and_worked#Former_IMR_Lines_transferred_to_GIPR|''' IMR Lines transferred to GIPR ''']]<br>''See also'' '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''== References ==<references />
Nebbudda Bridge info added
[[File: Bhopal-Itarsi_Railway.png|thumb|Bhopal State Railway]]The '''Bhopal State Railway'''was an Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])line , funded by Begum, Nawab of the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Bhopal State ]] to connect [[Bhopal]] to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) line at [[Itarsi]]. The line comprised two sections, one in the territory of Her Highness the Begum of Bhopal, which joined to the ‘British Section’ to form the '''[[ Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]]'''.
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