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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.
 
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==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway
http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway
https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf




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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]

Revision as of 17:31, 7 November 2015

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.

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf