Benares City Branch Railway
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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.
However this line was worked by the Bengal and North-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 http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Oudh_and_Rohilkhand_Railway https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf
