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The '''Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, opened in 1909 and worked by [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]](BNR) as part of the [[Satpura Railway]] Narrow Gauge Lines
The Mandla Branch of EBR , 26 miles (42km), from [[Nainpur]] to [[Mandla]] (described as Garha Mandle), more usually as Mandla Fort), opened 1909 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n15/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 6]; Retrieved 25 Nov 2016</ref>.
The Nainpur-Mandla Fort section closed in 2015 for conversion to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQtuOtO2R8Y U Tube “Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway” by Ammar Rizvi 2 Dec 2015]; Retrieved 25 Nov 2016</ref>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Satpura Railway]]''' and '''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]''' == References ==<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
