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*'''1. Jubbulpore-Gondia Mainline''', total length 142 miles(228 km):-
**section 1a.[[Nainpur]] to [[Gondia]] via Balaghat opened 1903;
**section 1b.[[Jubblupore]] to [[Nainpur]] via Howbagh, and Burgi opened 1904-05.
*'''1.1.''' ‘[[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]]’, length 26 miles (42km), (also described as the ‘Mandla Branch Line’), opened from [[Nainpur]] to [[Mandla]] Fort (described as Garha Mandia) , 1909.
*'''1.2.''' ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’, length 109 miles(175km), from [[Nainpur]] via Seoni and Chaurai to [[Chhindwara]], 1904; to Khirsadoh 1906; to Barkuhi, 1907.
*'''1.3.''' ‘Katangi Branch Line’, length 29 miles(46km), from Balaghat to Katangi, opened 1913
*'''1.4.''' ‘Ram Rama Branch Line’, length 5.4 miles(8km), opened 1913, ''not now existing''
*'''1.5.''' ‘Khirsadoh-Sirgora Spur Line’, length 8.4 miles(13km), from Khirsadoh on the ‘Barkuhi Branch Line’, under construction 1918.
*'''1.6.''' ‘Itwari Bazar Scheme’, length 0.6 miles(1km), under construction 1918 in suburbs of [[Nagpur]] .
*'''2. Nagpur-Chhindwara Mainline''', length 89 miles(143km), from Itwari (in suburbs of [[Nagpur]]) via Saoner, Lodhikhera and Sansar, 1911; to [[Chhindwara]].
*'''2.1.''' ‘Saoner-Khapa Branch Line’, length 4.5 miles(7km), opened from Saoner to Khapa, 1911,
*'''2.2.''' ‘ Katchidhana Branch Line’, length 4 miles(6km), route not identified, 1912,
*'''3. Gondia-Chanda Mainline''', total length 149 miles(239 km)
**section 3a. [[Gondia]] to [[Nagbhir]] opened 1908;
**section 3b. Opened in stages, 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 1 April 1913 as far as Babupeth with the last 2 miles to [[Chandra]] Fort opening in 1916.
*'''3.1.''' '[[Nagbhir-Nagpur Branch Railway]]’, length 68 miles (109km), from [[Nagbhir]] to Itwari (in suburbs of [[Nagpur]]), opened 1908 with later rearrangements at Itwari.
== Worked by BNR's Satpura Railway==
*'''4.1. '[[Chhindwara-Pench Coal Fields Railway]]’''', length 22 miles(36km), opened from the Pench and Kanhan coalfields to [[Chhindwara]]; where it connected to the Satpura Railway network, 1906-7.
*''''4.2. '[[Tumsar-Katangi Light Railway]]’''', a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])private line built to carry manganese ore deposits found in the region; this line ceased operation in 1929. The line interchanged with ‘Katangi Branch Line’ of the Satpura network at Katangi; it also interchanged at Tumsar Raoad with BNR's [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway |Nagpur Chhattisgarh section]] broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) mainline that crossed the Satpura network
