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Bengal and North-Western Railway: Difference between revisions
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* Chhapra Kacheri to Dighwara (Metre to Broad gauge: 10 miles) converted autumn 2006 | * Chhapra Kacheri to Dighwara (Metre to Broad gauge: 10 miles) converted autumn 2006 | ||
===Lines worked by B&NWR=== | ===Lines worked by B&NWR=== | ||
'' | * '''[[Benares City Branch Railway]]''' - Opened as branch of [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR) 1899; however worked by B&NWR | ||
* '''[[Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway]]''' – Opened 1896; worked Jointly between B&NWR and [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]( R&KR) networks | |||
* '''[[Darbhanga State Railway]]''' – Opened 1883-84 as Nirmali Branch of [[Tirhoot State Railway]](TSR); worked by B&NWR 1886-1890; then reverted to TSR | |||
* '''[[Nirmali Branch Railway]]''' - alternative name for[[Darbhanga State Railway]] | |||
* '''[[Masharak-Thawe Extension Railway]]''' – Opened 1931, worked by B&NWR | |||
* '''[[Sagauli-Raxaul Railway]]''' – Opened 1899, included under B&NWR, 1904 | |||
* '''[[Tirhoot State Railway]]''' – Opened 1874. Temporary famine relief line; worked by B&NWR 1886-1890; then independent | |||
== History == | == History == | ||