The Bengal Nagpur Railway was one of the companies which pioneered development of the railways in eastern and central India. It was succeeded first by Eastern Railway and subsequently by South Eastern
Bengal Nagpur Railway Logo
Bengal Nagpur Railway (BNR) Headquarters, now South Eastern Railway (SER) headquarters, Garden Reach, Kolkata
Garratt locomotive 6594 of the Bengal Nagpur Railway at the National Rail Museum
BNR House, residence of the GM of SER
The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway, introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian R
Bengal Nagpur Railway
…Peninsular Railway line was extended up to Bhusawal and then split in two. While one track led to Nagpur, the other to Jabalpur to connect with the East Indian Railway line from Allahabad to Jabalpur, thereby connecting Mumbai and Kolkata. The great famine of 1878 provided an opportunity for the construction of 150…
Indian Railway Heritage Logo 16 – East Indian Railway
First train of the East Indian Railway, 1854
Plaque at Howrah station for first train in Eastern India on 15 August 1854