Train on the river Ghaghara

The film captures the Meter Guage (MG) trains of the North Eastern Railway in action on the Bahraich to Mailani and Bahraich to Nepalganj Road sections.
The route has a rich and intricate history. The line that we see today didn’t exist as a single unified system in the past. The saga of this line starts with the Bengal and Northwestern Railway, which proposed the building of the Patna Bahraich rail link. Construction on the project was started in 1882 from Sonepur, and the line till Bahraich via Gonda was completed in 1891. In 1893, a further extension till Nanpara from Bahraich and Nepalganj was opened for service. Further, in 1896 the line from Nanpara was extended up to Mihimpurwa and then in the year 1898 till Katarnia Ghat. Thus, making Katarnia ghat a terminus.
On the other side of the river Ghagra, Rohilkhand and Kumaun railway company operated a meter gauge railway that ran between Kodiala ghat and Mailani. In 1892, the line from Mailani was extended Palia, and in the year 1894, the line reached Sonaripur. After that the Sonaripur- Kodiala ghat line was completed in the year 1911. In the year 1943, all the railway companies in this region were merged to form the Oudh and Tiruth Railway. Subsequently, after India gained independence, the Oudh and Tiruth Railway was succeeded by the present-day North Eastern Railway. However, the story does not finish here. There was still no through train service across the banks of the Ghagra, and commuters used to rely on ferries. During the 70s, it was proposed to build a barrage over the river Ghagra and a railway cum road bridge. In 1976, this barrage was opened for service and the Kodiala and Katarnia ghat lines were joined to make a continuous route from Gonda all the way to Mailani.
A gallery of the best MG sights of NER:
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Credits:
Camera and DOP:
Ami Verma
Vishnu Nath
Protkarsh Kumar
Editing and Narration
Vishnu Nath
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[@SantulanMahanta]

Quite a wonderful presentation with a wonderful script. It really felt like travelling through the section myself and not just viewing through your lens. It's a real treasure man. You really returned with a blast!

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you Santulan Da, your words of appreciation mean a lot for us.

[@poonambhaiparmar9215]

@@vishnunath1524
Very. Nice. Good. Video.
Thanks. for. Western. Railway.
Gujarat. Vadodara-sa.

[@vishnunath1524]

@@poonambhaiparmar9215 Thank you.

[@ProtkarshKumar]

Literally mesmerizing...

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks Protkarsh, you have been a great team member.

[@ProtkarshKumar]

@@vishnunath1524 It was an honour😁

[@abhikalia4707]

I watched it on big screen on TV. Kya kahu. Just loving it. Kuch shabd nahi hai. Incredibly great.

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks Amar. Thanks for your help in charting out the history of the line.

[@santulanseuphoria9267]

Train in the rain in Babaganj clip is just so surreal! Loved that shot

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks Dr. Santulan.

[@ProtkarshKumar]

The best part of the video for me..

[@KaranWdgYadav]

I travelled again on this section..with the help of your camera lenses
A big salute to you and your Team 🤞

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks Karan.

[@VivianBoye]

well documented

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you. I hope we satisfied an MG fan familiar with NER.

[@santhosh20005]

38.00 = magical .... Lovely coverage :)

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@AnubhavKashyap]

Amazing Coverage.!! ❤️

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks.

[@muhammadfazil1548]

Mujhe to metre gauge train chalane ke sath sath horn bajane me bohot maza aata tha.
Kuki iske engine ka sound bohot zyada acha lagta tha.

[@anandlakshmipathi4830]

That's superb visuals for MG

[@TRM12130]

Simply amazing 🤩🤩❤️❤️

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks Avinash.

[@kaustavchatterjee2824]

One of the best IR documentary I have seen in the recent days! Keep up the good work.

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@anshulsharma8243]

Masterpiece of work😍😍😍👍👍👍🖤🖤🖤

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@ManiVijay]

Have digested the first 10 minutes of it and it is already a masterpiece as you weave some history through your footage. And those soothing MG sounds!! I saw a long double-headed train towards the beginning of the video - was that some special? What song was being played during the beginning credits? And, yes, gives me goosebumps to note that the legendary AT Mail used this route for a short time - when gauge conversion of Lucknow-Gorakhpur forced it to be diverted via this route. Amar pointed me to the TT pages showing that. Also brought back memories of our Dudwa trip in Feb 2018 - wasn't that a classic? What was your exact itinerary?

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you Mani sir. The song in the start is She sells sanctuary by The Cult. The double header was just for a power move, that also happened on our 2018 trip. That was a magical one week. We grouped at BE , then went to Nanpara via road. Then during the 3 days we shot the Nepalganj branch and then the line towards Mailani.

[@ManiVijay]

@@vishnunath1524 Correct! Our loco failed at Nanpara and a 2nd loco was attached in front.

[@bhavin2584]

Wonderful coverage!!! Kudos 🫶🫶

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you Bhaveen.

[@railwaybikers]

What an excellent coverage 👏. Enjoyed every second, every frame , every moment and everything you've covered. Excellent

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks .

[@anarkela7162]

Interesting n entertaining,good done

[@alpha_charlie_747]

Documentaries like these keep the passion of trainspotting kindled in these tough times... Mesmerizing creation!

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@adithyavaidyanathan]

Beautifully documented and presented 😄

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks.

[@malanath6507]

Wonderful script and presentation.
Very good photography with beautiful scenery.

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks Mom.

[@ApoorvSrivastava37542]

Wonderful! Naration and script 💯

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you

[@WDP4lovers]

Amazing presentation 👏

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks.

[@rashidrace]

What a short film . Great video salute to u dear ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@livelifelikeking]

Excellent excellent excellent… very thoroughly put together. Passion of a true rail fan!!!

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you very much. Please also see our railfanning presentations on this channel. Regards.

[@seba81376]

good docu vishnu bhai, wish i could join in with you guys some time before MG looses its existence in the entire country

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@devsankarchoudhuri]

This just made my day.....A huge salute to you guys for presenting such a wonderful documentary, which beautifully captures the wonders of this lines, and the opening scene was just awesome!!!!!

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you Devsankar.

[@mohitpurva]

Nice one Brother…I appreciate for your Hardwork and Good Presentation❤️

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you Mohit.

[@markansari2771]

I feel very proud of our Indian railway special bahraich, because I belong from bahraich

[@deepak1985kumar]

Superb 👌👌👌👌
Loved it
Enjoyed it

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@kukkapillalu]

very good video

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@shankarji9021]

Par excellant

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@vishal_electrodharwad7678]

Beautiful Train Video, Beautiful Scene , Very nice song.

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks

[@Akash_Aherwar]

Nostalgic... Phenomenal Work from the team. Simply a treat to watch such work. Some hardcore railfanning moments captured and presented so beautifully. Great work !!

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks. We try our best to capture these moments.

[@GBR_LifeLineoftheNation]

Outstanding work 👌🏻 Hats off 🙌🏻

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@nitintaraikar5949]

Excellent video...narration too good..sound quality amazing..efforts taken by the entire team..hats off..👍👍

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you. We are glad the efforts are being well appreciated.

[@MusaView]

Informative

[@vishnunath1524]

Thank you.

[@sunildeshmukh2053]

Nice info on NERly.

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks. Citations are in the end credits for sources.

[@railwaynest]

What a wonderful coverage! 😍❤️

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks.

[@victorpaul904]

🇮🇳💐🍁38:05 best seen 👌🌹🍁💐🇮🇳

[@rashidrace]

Just want to recommend that commentary should be in hindi because most of the viewers of this region are normally educated . It will helps u to get more views . 😊😊👍❤️❤️❤️

[@UCFM]

11:47 se birds ki awaaz and mg k old stations, signal, and aati hui mg train maroon livery k saath ydm 4 ki garaj k saath aur kya chahiye.....bs ye section kabhi close ya convert na ho ese hi chalte rahe sadiyo tk

[@vishnunath1524]

Yes, the line will survive, it got renewed in terms of ties and ballast in the last two years.

[@victorpaul904]

🇮🇳💐🍁🥰🥰🙏🌹🍁💐🇮🇳

[@ankitvishwakarma5884]

Ghagra hai ya Sharda...

[@vishnunath1524]

GHAGRA, Sharda is at Palia

[@ankitvishwakarma5884]

@@vishnunath1524 when train from mailani to tikunga start in bulk number??

[@akshaybjp]

Visual and Aural spectacle!!

[@vishnunath1524]

Thanks. Glad you liked it.