Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
Indian railway route
Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was a 49 miles (79 km) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge line owned by the provincial government and operated by the state railways. The line ran from Nagpur via Tumsar - Gondia and Dongargarh to Rajnandgaon.[1] The initial section from Nagpur to Tumsar was opened on 6 July 1880, continuing to Tirora on 21 February 1881, Gondia on 18 May 1881, Amgaon on 25 November 1881 and completed to Rajnandgaon on 16 February 1882.[2]
The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was transferred to be operated by the Bengal Nagpur Railway in year 1888 and was converted into 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in the same year itself. The new track from Rajnandgaon to Asansol was later laid since 1888 onwards under BNR.[3]
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Railways in Central India
sections
- Bina–Katni line
- Tatanagar–Bilaspur section
- Bilaspur–Nagpur section
- Nagpur–Bhusawal section
- Allahabad–Jabalpur section
- Jabalpur–Bhusaval section
- Agra–Bhopal section
- Ujjain–Bhopal section
- Bhopal–Nagpur section
- Nagpur–Hyderabad line
- Narkhed–Amravati line
- Dalli Rajhara–Jagdalpur line
- Bilaspur–Katni line
- Indore–Gwalior line
revived/under revival
- Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway
- Rajputana–Malwa Railway
- Satpura Railway
- Indian Railways
- Bholu (mascot)
- Datia rail accident
