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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Shahjahanpur]] to [[Mailani]]
|gauge1= Narrow (2'6") gauge
|gauge1details= 40 miles (1905)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1890
|timeline1details= First section opened as the <br> '''[[Powayan Steam Tramway]]'''
|timeline2date= 1894
|timeline2details= Tramway fully opened to traffic
|timeline3date= ?
|timeline3details= Branch to <br>'''[[Rosa Sugar Factory Tramway]]'''
|timeline4date= 1904
|timeline4details= Line further extended to Mailani 
|timeline5date=
|timeline5details= 
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Pawayan]], [[Shahjahanpur]], [[Mailani]]
|system1date= 1890
|system1details= Owned and operated by <br> '''[[Powayan Steam Tramway]] Company'''
|system2date= 1900
|system2details= [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]
|system3date= 1943
|system3details= [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]]
}}


The '''Powayan Light Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway originally owned and woirked by the '''[[Powayan Steam Tramway]] Company''' sometimes described as the '''Shahjahanpur-Mailani Tramway'''.
The section from [[Shahjahanpur]] via Rosa Junction to [[Pawayan]] ''(see note)'', a length of 17 miles(27km) opened in 1890. The line was constructed by the Powayan Steam Tramway Company and the maintenance taken over by the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR) in December 1900. The line was extended to reach [[Mailani]], a further 21 miles(34km) in 1904 <ref name=Powayan>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n210/mode/2up  "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 202]; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_212.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908" v. 22, p. 206.]; Retrieved 3 Sept 2016</ref>.
Rosa  Junction is about 3 miles south-east of [[Shahjahanpur]] and where there was an interchange with the  '''[[Rosa Sugar Factory Tramway]] ''',  it was a private tramway with a length of  3.25 miles( 5.2km)
Following the taking over by the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR) in December 1900 renamed the '''[[Powayan Light Railway]]'''
''Note on spelling''
*[[Pawayan]] is the spelling given in the [[Imperial Gazetteer of India]] <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V20_087.gif “Imperial Gazetteer of India” v. 20, p. 81.]; Retrieved 3 Sept 2016</ref> which we take as the definitive spelling of the town.
*'Powayan Steam Tramway' is the spelling of the Company in all documents and records, which later is recorded as the 'Powayan Light Railway'
==Records==
There are no staff records in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  Jan 2016</ref> gives 5 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/16/1166'''  “Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company Limited, Agreement for capital expenditure on the Powayan Steam Tramway and acquisition of interests in the Powayan Steam Tramway Limited; 1906"
*'''L/F/8/17/1263'''  “Powayan Steam Tramway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to that of 1st July 1901; 1912"
*'''L/F/8/19/1436'''  “Rohilkund and Kumaon and Lucknow Bareilly State Railways and Powayan Steam Tramway, Reprint of contracts showing modifications up to and includng the contract of July 3rd 1914; 1917"
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

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