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Satpura Railway

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Satpura Network
** [[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]], (described as the ‘Mandla Branch Line’), opened from [[Nainpur]] to [[Mandla]] Fort (described as Garha Mandia) , 1909. Length 26 miles (42km)
** ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’ opened from [[Nainpur]] via Seoni and Chaurai to [[Chhindwara]], 1904; to Khirsadoh 1906; to Barkuhi, 1907. Length 109 miles(175km)
** ‘Katangi Branch Line’, opened from Balaghat to Katangi, opened 1913, 29 miles(46km); and the *** ‘Ram Rama Branch Line’,opened 1913 ''(not identified)'', 1913. Total length 5.4 miles(8km) , ''shown on 1931 map, not now existing,''
** ‘Khirsadoh-Sirgora Spur Line’ from Khirsadoh on the ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’, under construction 1918. Length 8.4 miles(13km)
** ‘Itwari Bazar Scheme’, under construction 1918 in suburbs of [[Nagpur]] . Length 0.6 miles(1km)
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n15/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 6 (pdf15)]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2016</ref>
* ‘Gondia-Chanda Mainline’, opened from [[Gondia]] to [[Nagbhir]], 1908; to Rajoli, 1910; to Babupeth, 1913; reaching [[Chanda]] Fort in 1916. The Nagbhir-Chanda work was started in 1906 but due to the shortage of funds was not completed until 1st April 1913 .<ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf Indian Railways “History of Nagpur Division” ]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2016</ref> as far as Babupeth with the last 2 miles to [[Chandra]] Fort opening in 1916. Length 149 miles(239 km)
* '[[Nagbhir-Nagpur Branch Railway]]’, opened from [[Nagbhir]] to Itwari , in suburbs of [[Nagpur]], 1908 with later rearrangements at Itwari. Length 68 miles ( 109km)
== Worked by BNR's Satpura Railway==
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