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{{Work'''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.<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway Graces Guide "Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway"]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-ineastern-Progressrailway.pdf "Indian Railway Notes" by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref> However this line was worked by the [[Bengal and North-Rly}}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 "Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway"] Wikipedia == References ==<references />
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