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Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed
The '''Mourbhanj Railway''' opened in 1905. The 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]]
[[Mourbhanj State]] and worked by [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] (BNR). The line linked [[Rupea]] to [[Baripada]], a length of 32 miles (51km).
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n15/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 7]; Retrieved 19 Dec 20159 Feb 2016</ref>
In 1920 the railway was renamed [[Mayurbhanj Railway]], 1920 and ownership transferred to a private company; worked by BNR
