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==Branch Lines and extensions==*[[Anuppur-Manendragarb-Chimiri Railway]]. Opened 1939 by BNR; built primarily to convey coal from In 1901 the Kotma area*[[Cuttack-Midnapore-Calcutta Railway Survey]]. Surveyed 1899 and absorbed into BNR network, extended by BNR 1901*[[Nagbhir-Nagpur Branch Railway]]. Opened 1908, branch line of BNR Southern Grid. Construction commenced 1905*[[Raipur-Dhamtari Railway]] and [[Rajim Branch Railway]]. The first 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of BNR, opened 1900 and extended to Rajim 1906*[[Purulia Ranchi Light RailwayWaltair]]. Opened 1907 Narrow gauge section of BNR*the [[Satpura East Coast State Railway]]. Developed by was absorbed into the BNR 1902-9; connected Jubbupore with Gondia, Mandla Fort, Chhindwara and Nagpur; later extended. Comprising -**[[Gondia-Chanda Railway]]. Extension of the BNR narrow gauge [[Satpura Railway]] network, gave an important opened 1908-16**route to [[Gondia-Nainpur-Chhindwara-Jabalpur Railway]]. Opened 1903-05 as part of [[Satpura Railway]].**[[Jubbulpore-Gondia Railway]]. Opened 1902, owned by GoI; worked by BNR; merged into [[Satpura Railway]], c.1920**[[Nainpur-Mandla Fort Railway]]. Opened 1909; worked by BNR as part of [[Satpura RailwayMadras]]
==Railways absorbed into The BNR==*[[East Coast State Railway]]. GoI survey 1890; GoI owned; opened 1893-98; N.sections worked and absorbed by BNR;*[[Katni-Umaria Provincial State Railway]]. Opened 1886-87. Previously named [[Bilaspur-Etawa Provincial State Railway]] renamed [[Katni-Umaria Provincial State Railway]], c1887; then merged into BNR.*[[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]]. Opened 1880; previously Chhattisgarh State Railway owned by Provincial Government; worked as part of was the Indian State Railways; merged into BNRlast company to be nationalised, 1887. *[[Nagpur-Chhindwara Railway]]on 1 October 1944. Opened 1911In 1952, owned by GoI and worked by the BNR was merged into with the [[Satpura East Indian Railway]], c.1920.*[[Umaria Coalfield Railway]]. Opened 1883 , connected to main line, 1891 as part of [[Katni-Umaria Provincial State form the Indian Railway]]‘Eastern Railway’ but in 1955, c1887; then merged into BNRre-emerged to form the ‘South Eastern Railway’.
There are no BNR Staff Agreements in the IOR but as a State Railway a search of the following may yield a result -
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
[[Image:Bnrkhargur.jpg|thumb|right|BNR Loco Running Staff 1910]]
*Wikipedia
New info added , Heading 'BNR Railway Network' added. Info to new page '''Bengal-Nagpur Railway - Lines Owned and Worked'''
[[File: Bengal-Nagpur Railway Railway Map 1909.png|thumb| Bengal-Nagpur Railway Map 1909]]
The '''Bengal-Nagpur Railway''' (BNR) was formed in 1887 to with the following three objectives <ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf Indian Railways “Nagpur Division Railway History”]; Retrieved 22 Dec 2017</ref> :-*To take over the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway|Nagpur-Chhattisgarh Railway]], 149 miles (240km) from the Government and to convert the existing metre gauge track to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) and to *To extend the system eastwards by 480 miles(772km) to join the [[East Indian Railway]] at [[Asansol]], 132 miles (212km) from [[Calcutta.]]<ref>*To construct the Branch Line from [[Bilaspur]] to [[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n9/mode/2up " Administration Report on Umaria Coalfield Railway|Umaria]] for through connection with the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 1 to 5[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) system at [[Katni]]; Retrieved 19 Feb 2016</ref>
== History ==The BNR was the last major railway formed to benefit from a Government guarantee, with the system from the outset owned by the [[Government of India [[| Government of India |(GoI)]] who contracted the BNR company Company to manage matters, initially for 25 years and therafter thereafter determinable every 10 years. The [[Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway]] had opened in 1880; previously named the ‘Chhattisgarh State Railway’, owned by the Provincial Government; worked as part of the Indian State Railways; merged into BNR, 1887. This included the [[Umaria Coalfield Railway]] which had opened 1883, and connected to BNR main line in 1886-87. The BNR Company took over the [[Bilaspur-Etawa Provincial State Railway]] which in 1891 connected [[ Bilaspur]] to [[Katni]] with a short onward link to the GIPR Marwara Junction By 1891 both routes were completed which had created a shorter route between [[Calcutta]] and [[Bombay]].
From 1898 the BNR established the [[Kharagpur Railway Workshops|'Kharagpur Railway Workshops' - ''see separate page'']]
The BNR was the last company to be nationalised, on 1 October 1944. In 1952, the BNR was merged with the [[East Indian Cuttack-Midnapore-Calcutta RailwaySurvey]] to form Indian Railways' '''Eastern Railway''' but was undertaken in 19551899 by the Government and used for the expansion of BNR, the scope of the Survey was increased by BNR re-emerged to form '''South Eastern Railway'''in 1901.
==Lines worked by BNR at some timeRailway Network==*See '''[[BaripadaBengal-Talbond Railway]]. Opened 1920, extension to [[Mayurbhanj Nagpur Railway]]; worked by BNR.*[[Bellary-Kistna State Railway]]. Constructed before 1890; surveyed for Hindpur extension 1892-94; worked by BNR.*[[Central Indian Coalfields Railway]]. Opened 1927, [[Government of India |GoI]] owned; part worked by BNR; later amagamated with [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) *[[Ganjam District Light Railway]]. Surveyed 1899 but did not go ahead in entirety; Parlakimedi Light Railway opened 1 section, 1900 worked by BNR from 1902.*[[Kamptee-Deolapar-Ramtek Railway]]; Surveyed 1903 to construct light railway on public roads to convey Manganese; worked by BNR(qv); no further information*[[Mayurbhanj Railway]]; 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]); opened 1905, formerly [[Mourbhanj Railway]], renamed 1920 and transferred to private company; worked by BNR.*[[Panposh-Ruipura Railway]]. Opened 1919-20; worked by BNR.*[[Parlakimedi Light Railway]]; 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]); opened 1900; private company,owned by Raja of Parlakimedi, worked by BNR.*[[Pench Valley Coalfield Railway]]; opened 1906-7; 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])line, from the Pench Lines Owned and Kanhan coalfields to [[ChhindwaraWorked]] where it connected to the (BNR) [[Satpura Railway]] network; worked by BNR. *[[Tumsar-Tirodi Light Railway]]. Opened 1910 as Tumsar-Katangi Rly owned by Central India Mining Co ; Purchased in 1916-17 by [[Government of India |GoI]]; worked by BNR; connecting to BNR's [[Satpura Railway]].*[[Visakhapatnam Port Trust Railway]]. Inner harbour railway, built by BNR 1927-33 to export manganese ore.'' for details
==Records==
*'''L/AG/46/5''' “Records of the Bengal Nagpur Railway Company; 1856-1947
*'''L/F/7/249-255 ''' "Finance Department Records; 1890-1947
A series of articles on the BNR, then celebrating its (highly significant) 25th year, was published during 1911 in ''The Indian Railway Gazette''. The December 1911 issue carried biographical entries on the top 12 staff complete with individual photographic portraits. Microfilm of the Gazette can be consulted at the British Library's Newsroom.
==Personnel==
There are no staff agreements for BNR personnel held at the [[British Library]] Staff Agreements in the [[India Office Records]].IOR but as a State Railway a search of the following may yield a result -*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946" *'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
'''[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway Personnel]]''' gives details of BNR staff from several sources:-
*“India Civil List 1890” <ref>Fibis Records, scans of original ” </ref> and the " India List and India Office List, 1905" <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PR14 " India List and India Office List, 1905"] Retrieved on 1 Jun 2016</ref> for [[Public Works Department]] Railway Branch or [[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] personnel deployed to BNR gives a number of entries. The most notable of these have been listed.
*"Grace's Guide ” for notable personnel <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page “Grace’s Guide”]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2016</ref>
== External Links ==
** A map on which the Bengal-Nagpur Railway is shown may be found in [http://web.ncf.ca/kharagpurdiaspora/index.html#pt.7 Correspondence Part 7] (scroll down a considerable way)
*[http://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/south-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway Notes" by Hugh Scholey]
== References ==
