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|date5details= State purchases ORR
|date5details= State purchases ORR
|presidency= Bengal
|presidency= Bengal
|stations= [[Aligarh]], [[Bareilly]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Lucknow]], [[Moradabad]], [[Shajahanpur]]
|stations= [[Aligarh]], [[Bareilly]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Lucknow]], [[Moradabad]], [[Shahjahanpur]]
|successor1= 1889
|successor1= 1889
|successor1details= Oudh and Rohilkand State Railway
|successor1details= Oudh and Rohilkand State Railway
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|headquarters= [[Lucknow]]
|headquarters= [[Lucknow]]
|workshop= [[Alambagh]], [[Charbagh]]
|workshop= [[Alambagh]], [[Charbagh]]
|stations= [[Aligarh]], [[Allahabad]], [[Bareilly]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Shajahanpur]]
|stations= [[Aligarh]], [[Allahabad]], [[Bareilly]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Shahjahanpur]]
|successor1= 1925
|successor1= 1925
|successor1details= [[East Indian Railway]]
|successor1details= [[East Indian Railway]]

Revision as of 00:41, 11 December 2008

Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
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Line of route
Gauge / mileage
Broad 1165 miles (1905)
Timeline
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Aligarh, Bareilly, Cawnpore, Delhi, Lucknow, Moradabad, Shahjahanpur
System agency
How to interpret this infobox
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
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System timeline
Constituent companies / lines
1889 Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway
Hardwar-Dehra Railway
Key locations
Headquarters Lucknow
Workshops Alambagh, Charbagh
Major Stations Aligarh, Allahabad, Bareilly, Cawnpore, Delhi, Saharanpur, Shahjahanpur
Successor system / organisation
System mileage
Broad gauge 1187 miles (1905)
Metre gauge 80 miles (1905)
Associated auxiliary force
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Battalion
How to interpret this infobox

The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (ORR) took over the interests of the Indian Branch Railway and a Government of India (GoI) guarantee.


History

The ORR established workshops at Alambagh (1865) and Charbagh (1867) to provide capacity for the major broad gauge line from Benares to Lucknow, to the north of the River Ganges, which it opened to traffic in 1872. In 1874, the line was extended to Moradabad and in 1876, to Saharanpur where the ORR met the North Western Railway. On 31 December 1888, the GoI assumed both ownership and management of the ORR.

In 1925, the ORR was merged into the East Indian Railway when the latter came into state management.


Records

Unfortunately, there are no ORR staff records held in the India Office Records at the British Library.