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Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway

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The '''Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway''' was formed on 1st July 1884 from the merger of the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) ‘[[Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway]], the [[Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway]] and the [[Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway]]<ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway Line History" pages 9 and 11 by Keith Scholey ];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref> ''see separate pages''.
The Cawnpore‘Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway Railway’ was owned by the Provincial Government and worked by initially operated together with the [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]]. , both being worked under an Agreement by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) dated 1st October 1886 <ref>British Library India Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/13 (914)</ref>
The '''Bindrabin Branch Railway''' was a short branch to the 'Cawnpore- Achnera Provincial State Railway was absorbed by the [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]] on 1st October 1886. The Rajputana-Malwa Railway was owned by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) and was worked by the GoI from formation until 31st December 1905 and by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) from 1st January 1906. ''Note there is conflict of information, under the same arrangements <ref>British Library India Office Records’ IOR records indicate that the BB&CIR entered into a Contract to take over and work this railway in 1884. This is pending research.'' /L/F/8/13 (952)</ref>
The '''Bindrabin Branch Railway''' was to be worked by BB&CIR under a Contract dated 1889 ''- see IOR Record below to be investigated further'' The ‘[[Rajputana-Malwa Railway was ]]’ and the ‘Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway’ were absorbed by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) on 8th April 1907.
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