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→BNR Jharia Coalfield Railways
'''BNR Branches and extensions on the Jharia Coalfields'''<ref name=Admin2/>:-
* ‘Bhojudih-Bhaga-Malkera-Mahuda BNR Loop Line’ ; 19 miles(31km), opened 1903-04, from [[Bhojudih]] via Bhaga and [[Malkera]] to [[Mahuda]] Junction ''(see above)''
* ‘Bhowra Branch BNR Line’; 3 miles(5km), opened 1903 at [[Bhowra]]
* ‘Bhojudih-Pathardihi BNR Link Line’; 1½ miles(2.3km); opened 1906 and 1915 linking [[Bhojudih]] and [[Pathardihi]]
* ‘Mahuda Junction-Chandrapura-Bermo Branch Line’, 22 miles(35km), opened in 1913 <ref name=Admin2/>.The section from Mahuda Junction ''(see above)''to [[Jamuniatand]], 4 miles (6km) was owned by BNR; The section from [[Jamuniatand]] to [[Chandrapura]] and [[Bermo]] ColliaryColliery, 18 miles(29km) was jointly owned by BNR and EIR. This The entire section was jointly worked by EIR and BNR and is described as part of the ‘Bokaro Ramgarh Extension BNR Line’ in the 1918 Administration Report <ref name=Admin2/>. ''Note: Bokaro is 4 miles west of [[Bermo]] and Ramgarh is a further 24 miles west of Bokaro, the title of the line must refer to a later westward extension''
==Further Informtion==
