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'''Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway''' was a {{convert|49|mi|km}} {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} line owned by the provincial government and operated by the state railways. The line ran from [[Nagpur]] via [[Tumsar]] - [[Gondia]] and [[Dongargarh]] to [[Rajnandgaon]].<ref>Hugh Hughes, Indian Locomotives part 2 Metre Gauge 1872-1940, Continental Railway Circle, 1992 (p. 89)</ref> The initial section from [[Nagpur]] to [[Tumsar]] was opened on 6 July 1880, continuing to [[Tiroda|Tirora]] on 21 February 1881, [[Gondia]] on 18 May 1881, [[Amgaon]] on 25 November 1881 and completed to [[Rajnandgaon]] on 16 February 1882.<ref>[http://www.secr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1312278598168-Tourist%20Places.pdf]</ref> <br />
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The Nagpur Chhattisgarh Railway was transferred to be operated by the [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]] in year 1888 and was converted into {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in the same year itself. The new track from Rajnandgaon to [[Asansol]] was later laid since 1888 onwards under BNR.<ref>Imperial gazetteer of India<br />
, Volume 10 by Sir William Wilson Hunter, Great Britain. India Office, 1908</ref><br />
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[[Category:Transport in Nagpur]]</div>->Uziel302