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The '''Bengal and North-Western Railway''' (B&NWR) was a metre gauge railway, eventually comprising a complicated network of lines on the left (north) bank of the Ganges between [[Katihar]] in the east and [[Lucknow]] in the west.
===Bengal & North Western main line===
B&NWR main line was 301 miles long [[Metre gauge]] consisting of following sections:
* Sonepur to Mankapur (219 miles) opened 15 January 1885
* Mankapur to Gonda (17 miles) opened 2 April 1884
* Gonda to Colonelganj (18 miles) opened (29 October 1891) 1 February 1892
* Colonelganj to Jarwal Road (11 miles) opened 1 February 1892
* Jarwal Road to Bahramghat (5 miles) (including [[Elgin Bridge, Barabanki|Elgin Bridge]]) opened 18 December 1896
* Bahramghat to Burhwal (4 miles) opened 24 November 1896
* Burwhal to Barabanki (Broad gauge: 17 miles) opened 1 April 1872
** Burhwal to Barabanki (Broad to Mixed gauge) converted 24 November 1896
** Burhwal to Barabanki (Mixed to Metre gauge) converted around 1943
* Dighwara-Goldingganj diversion (7 miles) opened around 1960
* Barabanki to Chhapra (Metre to Broad gauge) converted 1981
* Chhapra Kacheri to Dighwara (Metre to Broad gauge: 10 miles) converted autumn 2006
===Branch Lines===
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===Lines worked by B&NWR===
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== History ==
On 1 January 1943, the Government of India nationalised the B&NWR and amalgamated it with the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]] to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] which subsequently, in 1952, became part of '''North Eastern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
==Notes==
# Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust
# Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background
==External links==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal_and_North_Western_Railway
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