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The *[[Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]] had been completed by Indian Branch Railway by Dec , opened in 1863. The line used as a 4ft(1222mm) [[Rail_gauge_#4 foot Gauge|uniq[ue unique rail gauge]]. The , constructed and worked by the [[Nalhati-Azimganj Indian Branch Railway]] . The line was finally taken over by the Government in 1872, and by this time named as the '''[[Nalhati State Railway]]''' ; converted to BG in 1892 and becoming the ‘Azimganj Branch Line’ of the [[First Chord EIR Line]] ; 27 miles(43km) <ref name=martin>[https:/>/archive. org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n61/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 53-56 (pdf 62-65]; Retrieved 5 Mar 2017</ref>
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The '''Indian Branch Railway Company ''' (IBR) was formed on 21 Dec 1863 <ref name=martin>[http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/OudhandRohilkandRly.pdf Old Martinian Association “Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway”"]; Retrieved 2 Sept 2016</ref> to construct short branches and feeder lines in northern India, with a 20-year subsidy from the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) but no guarantee <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Branch_Railway_Company Wikipedia “Indian Branch Railway Company”]; Retrieved 2 Sept 20165 Mar 2017</ref>.
These terms failed to attract capital, and only one line had been constructed, the [[ Nalhati-Azimganj Railway]], which opened in 1863. Therefore in 1867 a contract was entered into with the '''Indian Branch Railway Company''', which soon after changed its name to the '''Awadh and Rohilkhand Railway Company''', guaranteeing interest at 5 per cent per annum on conditions similar to those laid down for the period 1854-60 <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=LxKUSZkEyoIC&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=Awadh-Rohilkhand+Railway&source=bl&ots=l2oJc_x4cs&sig=MDMBAbFDHQIOdhypeJ8llQZAzSo&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ6fyOnr_SAhWqDMAKHViUCdQQ6AEIQDAI#v=onepage&q=Awadh-Rohilkhand%20Railway&f=false Google Books "Readings in Indian Railway Finance" page 30 edited by K. B. Verma]; Retrieved 5 Mar 2017</ref>. Around 1872 the IBR Indian Branch Railway/Awadh and Rohilkhand Railway was absorbed into the '''[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]'''(O&RR).
== History ==
The Cawnpore-Fyzabad Railway project had began in 1862 by IBR and an engineer examined the proposed line from [[Cawnpore]] to Fyzabad <ref name=Mukher>[https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Pictorial_Lucknow.html?id=7RCe2E5ch80C&redir_esc=y Google Books “The Pictorial Lucknow” by P. C. Mukherji, pages 81-82. First published Lucknow 1883, reprinted by AES New Delhi 2003]; Retrieved 2 Sept 2016</ref>. Construction of the Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])) line progressed very slowly; and the, 42 miles (67km) long, was opened on 23 Apr 1867. This became the ‘Cawnpore Branch’ of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR), this line was later converted to Broad Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) as part of the O&RR network <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n139/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 132, pdf page 139]; Retrieved 2 Sept 2016</ref>.
