Pachora Jn - Jamner Narrow Gauge Railway

Pachora Junction - Jamner Narrow Gauge Railway
Locale	Jalgaon district, Maharashtra
Terminus	Pachora Junction Jamner
Commercial operations
Built by	Shapoorji Godbole & Co.
Original gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Preserved operations
Operated by	Central Railways
Length	56 km
Preserved gauge	2 ft (610 mm)
Preserved rack system	1 July 1925
Commercial history
Opened	1919
1 July 1925	Termination of Contract with Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company
Preservation history

The Narrow gauge railway are present on a few routes and Pachora Junction to Jamner is one of them. Pachora Junction - Jamner 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) narrow gauge line was opened by Central Province Railway in 1919.^[1]

History

The Pachora Junction - Jamner railway line was constructed by Messrs Shapoorji Godbole and Co. of Bombay. The Pachora Junction- 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. ^[2]

This is a Narrow gauge railway (2'—6") line with a length of 34.62 miles. It passes through more or less plain countryside with banana orchards at many a place.

Routing

Only one Passenger runs 3 times in a day on this track. The 52121/22 Pachora - Jamner Passenger runs via Varkhedi, Pimpalgaon Bk., Shendurni, Bhagdara, to Jamner

Pachora - Jamner Passenger has a total of 7 halts and 1 Intermediate Stations from Pachora Junction to Jamner and covers a distance of 56 km. in 2 hours 5 minutes. Pachora - Jamner Passenger is a train that comes under Bhusawal Railway Division of Indian Railways.^[3]

History of Indian Narrow Gauge Railway

India has a substantial network of narrow gauge railways that are narrower than the 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. The majority of these are 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) metre gauge, approximately 9,000 km of track and 7,500 km of route in 2011, 7.9% of the total Indian rail network. The others are 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) gauge railways and 2 ft (610 mm) narrow gauge gauge railways that are known as "Narrow gauge railway" in India (as opposed to "Metre gauge railway" lines and were 2,400 km of route in 2011.

The total length of tracks used by Indian Railways was about 114,000 km (71,000 mi) while the total route length of the network was 64,215 km (39,901 mi) in 2011.[1]The narrow gauges are present on a few routes, lying in hilly terrains and in some erstwhile private railways (on cost considerations), which are usually difficult to convert to broad gauge.

Maps

• IN Network Map

See also

Reference

References

• Photo of Pachora Jamner Railway