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'''Benares City Branch Railway'''
'''Benares City Branch Railway'''


Opened as branch of O&RR(qv); however worked by B&NWR
The 2 miles long metre gauge line from Benares Cant. to Benares City was opened between 15 March to 1 April 1899 as the Benares City branch of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR). O&RR was absorbed by the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) on 1 July 1925.
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway Graces Guide "Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway"]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway Notes" by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>


However this line was worked by the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR) and its successors from opening and was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953.


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== External Links ==
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway "Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway"] Wikipedia
 
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:10, 9 January 2016

Benares City Branch Railway

The 2 miles long metre gauge line from Benares Cant. to Benares City was opened between 15 March to 1 April 1899 as the Benares City branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway(O&RR). O&RR was absorbed by the East Indian Railway(EIR) on 1 July 1925. [1] [2]

However this line was worked by the Bengal and North-Western Railway(B&NWR) and its successors from opening and was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953.

External Links

"Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway" Wikipedia

References