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{{WorkLine Railways Infobox|image= |caption= |route= [[Cawnpore]] to [[Aishbagh]]<br> [[Daliganj]] to [[Barabanki]]|gauge1= Metre gauge<br>part Broad Gauge|gauge1details= 45 miles (1897)|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 18 miles (1896)|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1896|timeline1details= [[Daliganj]] to [[Barabanki]] section opened|timeline2date= 1897|timeline2details= [[Cawnpore]] to [[Aishbagh]] section opened|timeline3date= |timeline3details= |timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]|stations= [[Cawnpore]], [[Aishbagh]], [[Daliganj]], [[Barabanki]]|system1date= 1896-in7|system1details= worked jointly by B&NWR and R&KR|system2date= |system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }} The '''Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway''' was owned by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) and was worked by the [[Bengal and North-ProgressWestern Railway]](B&NWR) and the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR) and their successors. The Cawnpore-Rly}}Barabanki Railway was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway and essentially the common stem of the B&NWR and the R&KR networks. <ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway Line History" page 11 by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref> There were two lines:*Daliganj-Barabanki line, MG linking [[Daliganj]] (R&KR) to [[Barabanki]] (B&NWR), a line of 18 miles(29km) opened 1896*Cawnpore-Aishbagh line, MG linking [[Cawnpore]] to [[Aishbagh]] (R&KR), a line of 45 miles(72km), opened 1897. Part of this section was originally named the '''[[Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway]]''' (Metre Gauge Link), an existing branch of the O&RR to which a third rail was added, creating a short, mixed (BG and MG) gauge link The Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953. ==External Links==*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore-Barabanki_Railway "Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway"] Wikipedia == References ==<references />
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