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|stations= [[Bhojeepura]], [[Laikua]], [[Haldwani]] | |stations= [[Bhojeepura]], [[Laikua]], [[Haldwani]] | ||
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|system1details= [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]] | |system1details= Worked by [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]] | ||
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|gauge1= Metre gauge | |gauge1= Metre gauge | ||
|gauge1details= 331 miles (1905) | |gauge1details= 331 miles (1905)<br>687 miles (1943) | ||
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The '''Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway''' (RKR) was a small metre gauge railway whose northern terminus at [[Kathgodam]] served a number of hill stations, such as [[Naini Tal]]. | The '''Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway''' (RKR) was a small metre gauge railway whose northern terminus at [[Kathgodam]] served the sub=montane belt of the United Provinces between [[Lucknow]] and [[Moradabad]], as well as a number of hill stations, such as [[Naini Tal]]. | ||
== History == | |||
The RKR was company owned and worked from formation in 1882 until its nationalisation in 1943 when it was amalgamated with the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]], with which it had been closely associated, to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]]. | |||
In turn, in 1952, the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] became part of '''North Eastern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways. | |||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:Assisted Railways]] | [[Category:Assisted Railways]] | ||