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Spelling of town name 'Farrukhabad' to conform with Imperial Gazetteer spelling
{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Cawnpore]] to [[Farrukhabad]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 86 miles (1881)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
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|gauge4=
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|timeline1date= 1880 Dec
|timeline1details= [[Cawnpore]] to [[Miranserai]] section opened
|timeline2date= 1881 Feb
|timeline2details= [[Miranserai]] to [[Farrukhabad]] section opened
|timeline3date= 1884 Jul
|timeline3details= Merged to form the [[Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway]]
|timeline4date=
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|presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|stations= [[Cawnpore]], [[Miranserai]], [[Farrukhabad]]
|system1date= 1880/1
|system1details= Worked by [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]].
|system2date= 1886
|system2details= Absorbed into [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]] and worked by GoI
|system3date= 1907
|system3details= Absorbed into BB&CIR
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The ''' Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway ''' was owned by the Provincial Government and was worked by the Rajputana Railway to 31st December 1881 and by the Rajputana-Malwa Railway from 1st December 1882.
The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[FarukhabadFarrukhabad]] to Miranserai (37 miles/59km) opened 1 February 1881 and Miranserai to [[Cawnpore]] (49 miles/78km) opened 15 December 1880<ref>[https://indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf "Indian Railway Line History" pages 9 and 11 by Keith Scholey]; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
The Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway merged with the [[Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway]] and [[Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway]] to form the [[Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway]] on 1st July 1884
The Rajputana-Malwa Railway was absorbed by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) on 8th April 1907.
==External LinkReferences ==*[https:<references //indianrailwaynotes.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/north-eastern-railway.pdf pages 9 and 11. Indian Railway Line History by Keith Scholey]>
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States State Railways]]
