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* ‘BNR Jharia Extension Line’. The ‘Bankura-Bhojudih BNR Section’; 61 miles(98km), opened 1903<ref name=Admin2>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n11/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 2 (pdf11) ]; Retrieved 22 Apr 2019</ref>, from [[Bouracan]] via Adra Junction [[Bhojudih]].
* ‘Bhojudih-Sudamdih-Gomoh BNR Section’, 26 miles(42km) was opened in 1907 as a further extension to the ‘BNR Jharia Extension Line’<ref name=Admin2/>. From [[Bhojudih]] via [[Sudamdih]] to [[Gomoh]]. Between [[Sudamdih]] and [[Gomoh]] is Mahuda Junction, the connection to the ‘Loop Line’ described below, giving access from the south to the Jharia Coalfields. At [[ Gomoh]] there was a junction with the ‘EIR Grand Chord Line’.
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All these lines were broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])
The [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]], ‘BNR Main Line’ between [[Asansol]] and [[Nagpur]] was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line. The section between [[Asansol]], and [[Purulia]],46 miles(km74km), opened in 1891<ref name=Admin1>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n10/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 1 (pdf10) ]; Retrieved 22 Apr 2019</ref>.
<br>At Asasnol there was a junction with the ‘EIR Main Line’.
<br> Midway between [[Asansol]] and [[Purulia]] is the location of Adra Junction, the connection with the 'Jhariah Extension Line' ''(see below)''. '''Jharia Extension BNR Line''' * ‘Bankura-Bhojudih BNR Section’; 61 miles(98km), opened 1903 as the first part<ref name=Admin2>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n11/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 2 (pdf11) ]; Retrieved 22 Apr 2019</ref>, from [[Bankura]] via Adra Junction ''(see above)'' to [[Bhojudih]].* ‘Bhojudih-Sudamdih-Gomoh BNR Section’, 26 miles(42km) was opened in 1907 as a further extension to the ‘BNR Jharia Extension Line’<ref name=Admin2/>. From [[Bhojudih]] via [[Sudamdih]] to [[Gomoh]]. Between [[Sudamdih]] and [[Gomoh]] is Mahuda Junction, the connection to the ‘Loop Line’ ''(see below)'', giving access from the south to the Jharia Coalfields. At [[ Gomoh]] there was a junction with the ‘EIR Grand Chord Line’.
'''BNR Branches and extensions on the Jharia Coalfields'''<ref name=Admin2/>:-
* ‘[[Bhojudih]]‘Bhojudih-Bhaga-[[Malkera]]-[[Mahuda]] BNR Loop Line’ ; 19 miles(31km), opened 1903-04, from [[Bhojudih]] via Bhaga and [[Malkera]] to [[Mahuda]]
* ‘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]] Colliary, 18 miles(29km) was jointly owned by BNR and EIR. This section is described as part of the ‘Bokaro Ramgarh Extension 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''
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