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Cawnpore-Banda Railway

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{{Line Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Juhi]] to [[Khirada]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 73 miles (1914)|gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1913 Apr|timeline1details=[[ Juhi]] to Hamirpur Road section opened|timeline2date= 1914 Jul|timeline2details= Hamirpur Road to [[Khirada]] opened|timeline3date= |timeline3details= |timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]|stations= [[Juhi]] , [[Khirada]]|system1date= 1913|system1details= Worked by [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] |system2date= 1915 Apr|system2details= Worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] |system3date=|system3details= }}The '''Cawnpore-Banda Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, opened 1913-14 and worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR). The line from [[Juhi]] opened in 1913 and reached [[Khirada]] in 1914, a distance of 73 miles(116km)
The Cawnpore-Banda Railway was constructed and worked as a State line by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR) up to the 31 March 1915; thereafter . Thereafter the maintenance, management and working of the line was taken over by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR.)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n84/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 76]; Retrieved 31 Jan 1916</ref> The 'Classified list of gazetted establishment of Indian railways' records the Cawnpore-Banda Railway in the years 1914 and 1919.
==Records==
*'''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"
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]''' up to 1915, then '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]'''
== References ==
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