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The North of India Tramway Company Limited was floated in 1857 with the issue of its Prospectus “Tramroads in Northern India, in connection with the Iron Mines of Kumaon & Gurhwal” by W. P. Andrew (He was the Chairman of the ‘Scinde Railway Company’ - see separate page) .

The Prospectus states that the Company will be formed by issuance of 50,000 shares of £20 giving a capital of One Million Pounds and the Company objective is stated as:-

“For the introducing a cheap System of Communication throughout the Province of Rohilcund(Rohilkhand) and adjacent territory, connecting the Ganges with the Indus, and also with the Iron Districts of Kumaon and Gurhwal via Futteyghur(Fatehgarh), Shahjehanpoor(Shahjahanpur), Bareilly, Rampoor(Rampur), Moradabad, Meerut, Saharunpoor(Saharanpur), Umballah(Ambala), Loodheana(Ludhiana) and Umritsar(Amritsar)”

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The Rohilcund Tramway would be the name of the system with the following routes:-

• Commencing at the station of Futteyghur(Fatehgarh), in a northerly direction to Shahjehanpoor(Shahjahanpur), and thence to Bareilly the capital of Rohilcund(Rohilkhand), with a branch to Philibeet(Pilibhit), and ultimately to Bhurmdeo‡‡ . From Bareilly, the line will continue in a westerly direction to Rampoor(Rampur) and Moradabad, and thence to Meerut, and ultimately to Delhi
• Southward from Shahjehanpoor(Shahjahanpur), should it eventually be deemed desirable by the authorities, the line would run through the recently acquired territory of Oude via Lucknow to Benares, where the Ganges is permanently deep

Notes

• Town names spellings are as given in the Report. Later names are entered (in brackets)
• ‡‡ Town location not identified

History

In 1854-55 Captain Yule, the Deputy Consulting Engineer to the Government of India, issued a Report on the practicability of the line in the Rohilcund(Rohilkhand) district, together with costs of making tramways adapted for animal traction, which the author puts as from £1350 to £2600 per mile; as well as for a railway for light locomotives at from £4350 per mile. This estimate was based on the whole oif theiron would have to be brought from England. Mr Sowerby, the Engineer from the ‘North of India Tramroad Company Limited’ confirms these estimates, and adds that if if he can get iron on the spot, it will greatly facilitate the work and lessen the expenses by at least £500 to £1000 per mile, depending on the weight of the rail <ref<ibid pages 8-9</ref>

In 1857 , a length of 306½ miles(493km)