Satpura Railway | |
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Overview | |
Owner | Indian Railways |
Locale | Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra |
Service | |
System | Steam and diesel |
Operator(s) | South East Central Railway & West Central Railway |
Depot(s) | Nainpur, Jabalpur |
History | |
Opened | 1903 (narrow gauge) 2018 (broad gauge) |
Closed | 2015 (narrow gauge) |
Technical | |
Line length | Jabalpur-Nainpur-Gondia: 236.5 kilometres (147.0 mi) Chhindwara - Nainpur - Mandla Fort: 183.0 kilometres (113.7 mi)) |
Track length | 419.5 kilometres (260.7 mi) |
Track gauge | 1903 to 2015: 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) 2018 to present: 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) |
Operating speed | 50 kilometres per hour (31 mph) (narrow gauge) 90 kilometres per hour (56 mph) (broad gauge) |
The Satpura Railway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow-gauge railway in the states of Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra in central India.