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|caption= ''Agra rail connections, 1938''
|route= Agra East Bank to Belanganj<br>Drummond Road to Alumganj
|gauge1= MGMetre gauge|gauge1details= 12 11 miles (1892)<br>14 miles (1938)
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|gauge2details=
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|timeline1date= 1890
|timeline1details= Line opened Work begun on existing broad gauge lines to trafficcreate mixed gauge route|timeline2date= 1892|timeline2details=Line opened to traffic
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|presidency= Bengal
|stations= [[Agra]] East Bank, Agra Fort, IdgrahAgra Idgah, , Raja-Ki-Mandi (GIPR), Drummond Road, Belanganj (BB&CIR)
|system1date= 1900
|system1details= worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway|BB&CIR]]
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A '''Line''' infobox is used to summarize framed in grey and summarises information about a particular railway. A , or 'line'Line'' infobox is always framed . In India, as in Britain, it was generally necessary to promote new lines as new companies in grey order to attract new capital. This allowed for the separation of risk and subscriptions from investors to be ring-fenced. It was also the railway's name will usually appear on way preferred by established companies or the title bar along the top Government of India (GOI) to float both new routes and extensions to existing railways if they provided the gray requisite finance.
A word or phrase It was not uncommon for the name of the data highlighted in [[railways|blue]] indicates an internal link to another article which will provide further information. Use your browser's back button to return to this explanation. A word or phrase in [[red]] will indicate that although the link has been established, there is as yet no content a proposed railway to go be changed between initial survey and eventual opening totraffic.
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;Line of route
:The principal route of the railway will be given in terms of its start and end points plus any subsidiary branchlines. If the starting point is a junction with another railway, then this will be shown first where there is no conflict with the line's name.
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;Gauge/mileage
:The gauge(s) in use will be identified (abbrevations used will be BG = broad together with the mileage open to traffic at given dates. For more on gauge, MG = metre click [[Rail gauge, |here]].:2'6" NG = 2'6" narrow gauge, :2'0" NG = 2'0" narrow gauge) together with the mileage open to traffic at given dates.
;Timeline
:This will identify key Key dates in the development of the railway e.g. opening, nationalisation, closure. Use these to frame research strategies e.g. if an opening date is given as 1890, look in L/PWD/2 (railway correspondence), the ''Gazette of India'' or ''Thacker's'' editions for up to 5 years previously for possible entries detailing the initial survey and construction of the line.
;Key locations
:The Presidency ([[Bengal]], [[Bombay]] or [[Madras]]) or Presidencies that the line operates operated in will be identified as will be together with the main stations. Where possible, the Place names used will be the follow standard IRCA version(Indian Railway Conference Association) or ''Imperial Gazetteer'' use, and will link through to information about the locationwhere possible. Locational information will help when searching directories like ''Thacker's''.
;System agency
:Many lines were worked by a larger railway company as part of the latter's a wider system, or even by the GOI as a nationalised undertaking.Remember to check this company's records as well if tracking an ancestor.
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A word or phrase of the data highlighted in [[railways|blue]] indicates an internal link to another article which will provide further information. Use your browser's back button to return to this explanation. A word or phrase in [[red]] will indicate that although the link has been established, there is as yet no content to go to.

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