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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. Indian Railway Line History 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 BB&CIR under the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central same arrangements <ref>British Library India Railway]]Office Records’ IOR/L/F/8/13 (BB&CIR952) from 1st January 1906. </ref>
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.
==Further Information==
See ''' [[ Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) ''' from 1907
<br>and '''[[Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Network_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#MG_Lines_-_managed.2C_worked_and_maintained_by_BB.26CIR|BB&CIR MG Lines Worked]] ''' from 1907
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/13/941 ''' “Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company, Contract as to taking over and working the Cawnpore Achnera Railway, subject to a contract dated 24th September, 1884”
*'''L/F/8/13/952 ''' “Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company, Contract as to working the Bindrabin Branch Railway as part of the Cawnpore Achnera Railway” 1889
Also the following IOR records relating to Staff employment may provide information concerning this railway:-
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''': "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK; 1855-1946"
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States State Railways]]
