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'''Bhaganwala Colliery Railway'''
The 'Bhaganwala Colliery' was a drift mine owned and supplying coal to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and opened in 1894. The other collieries supplying NWR were the [[Dandot Light Railway|Dandot Colliery]], the [[Khost Colliery Tramway|Khost Colliery ]] and the [[Sharigh Colliery]] <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref>
The use of railways at the mines was sanctioned under the 'India Railways Act, 1890' for the following lines:- Head of incline to crossing station, crossing station to coal platform, foot of incline to Bhaganwala railway station. The records show that railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) system <ref name =PP14>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry PP14 page ....</ref>.
The colliery closed in Jan 1899 due to subsidence and underground fires <ref name =PP14/>
''No further information has been found.''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
The 'Bhaganwala Colliery' was a drift mine owned and supplying coal to the [[North Western Railway]](NWR) and opened in 1894. The other collieries supplying NWR were the [[Dandot Light Railway|Dandot Colliery]], the [[Khost Colliery Tramway|Khost Colliery ]] and the [[Sharigh Colliery]] <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA281#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books'The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise' by Kartar Lalvani; page 281]; Retrieved 24 Nov 2017</ref>
The use of railways at the mines was sanctioned under the 'India Railways Act, 1890' for the following lines:- Head of incline to crossing station, crossing station to coal platform, foot of incline to Bhaganwala railway station. The records show that railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) system <ref name =PP14>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry PP14 page ....</ref>.
The colliery closed in Jan 1899 due to subsidence and underground fires <ref name =PP14/>
''No further information has been found.''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
