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[[File:B&NWR Lines Owned and Worked 1937.png|thumb| B&NWR Lines Owned and Worked , 1937]]
Revision inc 1937 info and bigger map
<big>'''B&NWR Lines Owned and Worked'''</big>
<blockquote>- a sub-section of the '''[[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]'''(B&NWR) page</blockquote>
In 1905 there was 1468 miles(2363km) of metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) in the B&NWR Network, (902 miles plus the 566 miles ‘[[Tirhoot State Railway]]’(TSR))<br>By 1918 this the B&NWR System had increased to 2046 miles(3293km) in 1918 (= 1242 miles plus 804 milesTSR <br>By 1937 the B&NWR System had increased to 2107 miles(3391km) = 1270 miles plus 800 miles TSR plus 39 miles [[Masharak-Thawe Extension Railway]]
The ‘[[Tirhoot State Railway]]’ was worked in conjunction with the B&NWR. [[Tirhoot State Railway |''See separarate page for full information'']]
[[File:B&NWR Lines Owned and Worked 1937.png|right| B&NWR Lines Owned and Worked , 1937]]
===B&NWR Mainline & Branches===
The following is generally based on the 1918 Administration Report for Railways
<ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n165/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 157-162]; Retrieved 16 Apr 2020</ref> and the 1937 History of Indian Railways, Railway Branch
* Jarwal Road to Bahramghat, 5 miles(8km) (including [[Elgin Bridge, Barabanki|Elgin Bridge]]) opened 18 December 1896
* Bahramghat to Burhwal , 4 miles(6.5km) opened 24 November 1896
'''B&NWR Branches ''' metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]).
