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Revised paragraphs to include Ramganga and Cawnpore Bridges
<br>''Changes from the “1918 Administration Report“ <ref name=Admin/> are given in Italics''
* ‘EIR Northern Mainline’ ''was O&RR Main Line'', 517 miles(832km) from [[Mogul Moghal Sarai]] to [[Saharanpur]], opened in stages - Mogul Moghal Sarai via [[Dufferin Bridge]] to Kashi (Benares Ganges), 1887 where it connected to Benares Cantonment which had opened in 1883; Benares Cantonment to Lucknow, 1893-94; Lucknow to Bareilly, 1872-73; Bareilly (chord line via Rampur) and [[Ramganga Bridge]] to [[Moradabad]], 1894; Moradabad to Saharanpur, 1884-86. It is remarked that the ½ mile(0.8km) over the [[Ramganga Bridge ]] at Moradabad is was mixed gauge BG and [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] and metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]), this line being shared with the ‘[[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]]’ (R&KR) ''Same as 1918 Report with slight mileage changes''
* ‘Benares-Lucknow Loop’, 199 miles(320km)from Benares Cantonment via Fyzabad to Lucknow, 1872-74. ''No change''
* ‘Bareilly-Morabad Loop’, 70 miles(113km) from Bareilly via Chandausi to Morabad, 1872-73. ''No change''
* ‘Lucknow-Sultanpur-Zafarabad Branch’, 136 miles(219km) opened 1931-32 from Utratiya (near Lucknow) via Sultanpur to Zafarabad ''Constructed by EIR after 1925 as part of ‘EIR Northern Network''
*Branches from the ‘Main Line’
*Branches from the ‘Main Line’** ‘Cawnpore Branch’, 44 miles(71km) opened 1867 from [[Lucknow via ]] to the east bank of the Ganges River facing [[Cawnpore]], then from 1875 over the ‘[[Ganges River Bridge, Cawnpore]]’ to join the ‘East ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR) at Cawnpore. ''Same as 1918 Report with slight mileage changes''
** ‘Belamau-Madhogan Branch’, opened 1903, 14 miles(23km) from Belamau to Madhogan. ''No change''
** ‘Madhopar-Auhadpur Extension, opened 1909-10, 17 miles(27km) from Madhopar to Auhadpur. ''No change''
