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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]]'''.
The section from [[Itarsi]] to [[Hoshangabad]], 11 miles(17km) opened in 1882 and with the opening of the [[Nerbudda (Hoshangabad) Bridge GIPR|Nerbudda Bridge]] the line reached [[Bhopal]] in Nov 1884, a total length of 45 miles(72km) <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>
The 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>
