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Pachora–Jamner railway

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{{short description|Railway section in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2021}}
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| name = [[Pachora]]–[[Jamner]] section
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| end = [[Jamner railway station|Jamner]]
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The [[Pachora Junction Railway Station|Pachora]]–[[Jamner]] {{track gauge|2ft6in}} narrow-gauge railway line was opened by Central Province Railway in 1919.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.irfca.org/gallery/Trips/west-konkan/jamner/| title=Branching Out in Khandesh| website=IRFCA}}</ref>

== History ==
The Pachora–Jamner railway line was constructed by Messrs Shapoorji Godbole and Co. of Bombay. The Pachora–[[Pahur, Maharashtra|Pahur]] section was opened up in 1918 and the rest of the sections in 1919. On termination of the contracts with the former [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company]], the line was brought under direct state management with effect from 1 July 1925.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://jalgaonlive.com/tag/pachora-jamner-railway/| title=Pachora-Jamner railway| website=JalgaonLive.com| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316041335/http://jalgaonlive.com/tag/pachora-jamner-railway/| archivedate=16 March 2016}}</ref> Total length of the railway was 34.62 miles.

[[Pachora–Jamner Passenger]] has a total of 7 halts and 1 Intermediate Stations from [[Pachora Junction Railway Station|Pachora Junction]] to [[Jamner]] and covers a distance of 56&nbsp;km in 2 hours 5 minutes. [[Pachora–Jamner Passenger]] is a train that comes under [[Bhusawal Railway Division]] of Indian Railways.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/JALGAON/comm_railways.html//| title=Transport and Communications - Railways| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304040124/https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/JALGAON/comm_railways.html//| archivedate=4 March 2016| website=Maharashtra Government}}</ref>

== Conversion to broad gauge ==

In 2016, [[Indian Railways]] announced that the railway would be converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://pib.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr98/l0698/PIBR110698.html| title=Conversion of Pachora-Jamner Rail Line in Maharashtra| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170316113050/http://pib.nic.in/archive/releases98/lyr98/l0698/PIBR110698.html| archivedate=16 March 2017| website=NIC.in}}</ref>

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[[Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]
[[Category:Central Railway zone|*]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1919]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Jalgaon district]]

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Pachora–Jamner railway

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