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'''Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway'''
Worked Jointly between The '''Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway''' was owned by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) and managed as part of the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR), and was worked by the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR) and the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](qvR&KR) and their successors. The Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway was essentially the common stem of the B&NWR and the R&KRnetworks. The Cawnpore-Barabanki Railway was transferred to the North Eastern Railway on 27 February 1953. There were two lines: *Cawnpore-Aishbagh line (qvMetre gauge: 45 miles) . Cawnpore (BBCI) to Aishbagh (R&KR) (45 miles) opened between 25 April and 15 May 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-gauge link. *Daliganj-Barabanki line (Metre gauge: 18 miles).Daliganj (R&K) to Barabanki (BNW) (18 miles) opened 24 November 1896 ==External Links==*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cawnpore-Barabanki_Railway Wikipedia - Cawnpore-BarabankiRailway]*[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway networks.pdf Page 11. Indian Railway Line History by Keith Scholey]
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