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}}The '''Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway''' (R&KR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway whose northern terminus at [[Kathgodam]] served the submontane belt of the [[United Provinces]] between [[Lucknow]] and [[Moradabad]], as well as a number of hill stations, such as [[Naini Tal]]. [[File:Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway 1909 Map v2.png|thumb| Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway 1909]][[File:Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway 1931 Map.png|thumb| Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway 19319]]The ‘Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company’ started construction and working of a railway line from Bhojeepura (near [[Bareilly]]) to [[Kathgodam]] under a contract dated 12 Oct 1882. This was the original main line and opened on 12 Oct 1884 and ran 54 miles(84km) in a north-westerly direction to [[Kathgodam]].  In 1906 the R&KR extended the line from [[Bareilly]] to Soron where it joined existing MG line to Kasganj.The Kasganj-Soron Section had been constructed by the State Government in 1885 as part of the [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]](RMR) Cawnpore-Achnera Line and in 1906 was passed to the R&KR. The extensions from Moradabad to Kashipur., Kashipur to Ramnagar and Lalkuan to Kashipur were completed by 1908<ref name=Hist>[http://www.ner.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1531745993019-From%20the%20pages%20of%20history.pdf ‘Government of India’ - “NorthEastern Railway – From the pages of History” ]; Retrieved 1 Jun 2019</ref>. The railway was progressively extended and by 1912 the R&KR covered 256 miles(412km); and the R&KR also worked the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] 296 miles(476km) and together with the [[Powayan Light Railway]]; giving a total network of 592 miles(953km) <ref name=Lalvani>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani, page 218]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016</ref>.

The original main line lines from Bhojeepura(near [[Bareilly]]) opened in 1884 and ran 54 miles(84km) in a north-westerly direction Pilibhit to [[Kathgodam]] The railway was progressively extended Carewganj and Shabaznager were completed by 1912 the R&KR covered 256 miles(412km); and the R&KR also worked the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] 296 miles(476km) and together with the [[Powayan Light Railway]]; giving a total network of 592 miles(953km) 1916 <ref name=Lalvani>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani, page 218]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016<Hist/ref>.

*[[Bhojeepura-Kathgodam R&KR Mainline]] from Bhojeepura (near [[Bareilly]]) to [[Kathgodam]] , 1884; 54 miles(84km)

''See seperate pages for further information''*[[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]](LBSR), was formed in 1891 from the merger of the [[Lucknow-Sitapur-Sihramau Railway]] and [[Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway]] <ref name=IOR/>. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway formed an alternative northern "loop" between the cities of [[Lucknow]] and [[Bareilly]] to the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) main line of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]. The MG of 198 miles (317km) in 1891; extended to 312 miles(500km) by 1914 <ref name=Admin1918/>.

*’Philibhit-Sitapur Railway’, sanctioned for survey 1905-6; MG line from [[Pilibhit]] - Bisalpur to [[Shahjahanpur]] and thence to [[Sitapur]], a length of about 105 miles(168km) ) <ref name=History1906/>. The 'Philibhit - Shahjahanpur Section’ was constructed by R&KR as ’Shahjahanpur Extension Line’, opened 1911-16 - ''see above''; the extension to [[Sitapur]] was still to be constructed in 1916.

There are no personnel or staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]] 'Satow Collection'

There is a photograph dated 1911 in the Satow CollectionBritish Library ‘Satow Collection’: