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'''{{Line Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Cawnpore-Banda Railway'''|Cawnpore (Juhi/Govindpur Junction)]]
Opened 1913[[File: Cawnpore-14Banda Railway.png|thumb| Cawnpore-Banda Railway]]
No further information found The Cawnpore-Banda Railway was constructed and worked as a State line by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR) up to verifythe 31 March 1915. Thereafter the maintenance, or addmanagement 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/n85/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 76]; Retrieved 10 Nov 2018</ref>. ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the above[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/8/17/1353 ''' “Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company, Contract for working the Cawnpore-Banda Railway” This railway was worked by a State Railway and the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-*'''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 ==<references />
'Stations' and internal link added
to Khairar Junction (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= '''[[Cawnpore]] '''''See also separate page'' [[Cawnpore Railways and Stations| ''' Cawnpore Stations''']] ''for details''|system1date= 1913|system1details= Worked by [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] |system2date= 1915 Apr|system2details= Worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR), 1914.|system3date=|system3details= }}
The 'Classified list of gazetted establishment of Indian railways' records the 'Cawnpore-Banda Railway ''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line. The line from [[Cawnpore|Cawnpore (Juhi / Govindpur Junction)]] opened in 1913 and reached Khairar Junction (Khirada) in 1914, a distance of 73 miles(116km). Khairir Junction is where the line joined the years 1914 and 1919[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) 5 miles(8km) from [[Banda]].
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
