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|headquarters= [[Izatnagar]]
|workshop= [[Bareilly]]
|stations= [[Bareilly]], '''[[Lucknow]]''', [[Mailani]], [[Pilibhit]], [[Shahjahanpur]]''See also separate page'' [[Lucknow_Railways_and_Stations#Lucknow_Stations| ''' Lucknow Junction Station''']] ''for details''
|system1date= 1943
|system1details= [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]]
Information mainly based on the “Administration Report for Railways 1918” <ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n204/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 196]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016</ref>.
*[[Bhojeepura-Kathgodam R&KR Mainline]] from Bhojeepura (near [[Bareilly]] to [[Kathgodam]] , 1884; 54 miles(84km)
**‘Kasganj Extension Line’ from [[Bareilly]] to Soron, 1885; to [[Kasganj]], 1906; 63 miles(100km). **‘Ramnagar Extension Line’ from [[Moradabad]] via the ‘[[Ramganga Bridge]]' to [[Ramnagar]], 1907-8; 48 miles(76km) **‘Kashipur Extension Line’ from [[Lalkua]] to [[Kashipur]], 1907; 36 miles(57km) . This line surveyed as [[Kichha-Kashipur Extension Survey| ‘Kichha-Kashipur Extension Survey’ ''- see separate page'']]
**‘Shahjahanpur Extension Line’ from [[Pilibhit]] 1911; reaching [[Shahjahanpur]] 1916; 56 miles(89km)
==Lines worked by R&KR==
*[[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 1918 <ref name=Admin1918/> and the same in 1937<ref name=Hist190>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 190 pdf 231]; Retrieved 24 Sept 2020</ref>.
*[[Powayan Light Railway]], from the 17 Dec 1900 worked by R&KR, a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line of 39 miles(62km) length <ref name=Admin1918/> and dismantled in WW1 <ef ref name=Hist183/> [[Powayan Light Railway| ''see separate page for information'']]
==Lines Surveyed/Proposed by R&KR==
* [[Kichha-Kashipur Extension Survey| ‘Kichha-Kashipur Extension Survey’ ''- see separate page'']] surveyed 1894-98 which became the ‘R&KR Kasganj Extension Line’ listed above
* ‘Kathgodam-Nainital Branch’, proposed by private enterprise in 1895 for the development of Kuaon and Nainitial districts. It was to be a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, 13 miles(21km) line at estimated cost RS.12 lakhs. The concession lapsed in 1898 <ref name=History1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n80/mode/1up “Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 42]; Retrieved 3 Oct 2017</ref>.
* ‘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/>.
