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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|description= [[Cawnpore]] to [[Burwhal]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 80 miles (1905)
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|date1= 1896
|date1details= Line opened
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|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= [[Bara Banki]], [[Lucknow]], [[Malhaur]], [[Unao]]
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|successor1details= [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]
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To the south and north of the River Ganges lay the extensive metre-gauge systems of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] and the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]. The '''Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway''' (CBR), a state line worked by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] (ORR), was simply an existing branch of the ORR to which a third rail was added, creating a short, mixed-gauge link


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Revision as of 01:15, 10 December 2008

Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway
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Line of route
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 80 miles (1905)
Timeline
Key locations
Presidency Bengal
Stations Bara Banki, Lucknow, Malhaur, Unao
System agency
How to interpret this infobox

To the south and north of the River Ganges lay the extensive metre-gauge systems of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the Bengal and North-Western Railway. The Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway (CBR), a state line worked by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (ORR), was simply an existing branch of the ORR to which a third rail was added, creating a short, mixed-gauge link