Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway
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| Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Line of route | ||
| Lucknow to Bareilly Mailani to Chandan Chowki (branch) | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 237 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Daliganj, Sitapur, Kheri, Pilibhit, Bhojeepura | |
| System agency | ||
| Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway was a metre gauge(MG) railway which formed an alternative northern "loop" between the cities of Lucknow and Bareilly to the broad gauge(BG) main line of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.
History
Formed 1891 from merger of Lucknow-Sitapur & Bareilly Railway and Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway; worked by Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway(R&KR) [1] [2]
The Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway was amalgamated in 1943 with the Bengal and North-Western Railway(B&NWR and the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (R&KR) to form the Oudh and Tirhut Railway(O&TR). [3]
References
- ↑ "Guaranteed Railways in India" Hansard 1803-2005 (accessed 04 December 2008)
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 201; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015
- ↑ Great Britain. Law Commission, Stationery Office H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; page 118, paragraph 3.15. Retrieved on 31 December 2015.
