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|image=Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway Logo.png|caption= Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway Logo|route= [[Benares]] to [[ Saharanpur]]<br>[[Allahabad]] to [[Fyzabad]](1905)

|timeline1date= 18721867|timeline1details= Benares to Lucknow openopened by [[Indian Branch Railway]]

|stations= [[Aligarh]], [[Allahabad]], [[Bareilly]], ''' [[Cawnpore]]''', ''' [[Delhi]]''', '''[[Lucknow]]''', [[Moradabad]], [[ShahjahanpurSaharanpur]], ''See also heading '''Stations''' for major stations marked'' '''bold'''

|workshop= [[Alambagh]], [[Charbagh]] <br>See also [[O&RR Railway Workshops]]|stations= [[Aligarh]], [[Allahabad]], [[Bareilly]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Saharanpur]], [[Shahjahanpur]]See heading '''Stations''' for major stations

[[File:Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway 1909 Map.png|600px|right|Oudh & Rohilkhand Railway]]The '''Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway''' (O&RR) took was formed around 1872 by taking over the interests of the ‘[[Indian Branch Railway]](IBR) and ’ / ‘Awadh Rohilkhand Railway‘ - [[Indian Branch Railway| ''see separate page for details'']].  The O&RR operated under a Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) guarantee. And was acquired by the State on 1 Jan 1889<refname=Admin>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration #page/n140/mode/1up “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; 1918” page 131(pdf 140) ]; Retrieved 20 Dec 201524 Oct 2020</ref>.  In 1925, the O&RR was merged into the ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR) when the latter came into state management. Alternative Name: Early records give the spelling '''Oude and Rohilkund Railway'''

The O&RR established workshops at were given operating rights of the opening in 1905 of the [[AlambaghAllahabad-Fyzabad Railway]] (1865) and which included the [[CharbaghCurzon Bridge, Allahabad]] (1867) to provide capacity for over the major broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) river Ganges. This line from and bridge were constructed by [[BenaresState Railways]] and connected to the [[LucknowEast Indian Railway]], (EIR) to the north south of the River river Ganges, which it opened to traffic in 1872. In 1874, the line was extended to [[Moradabad]] and in 1876, a junction to [[Saharanpur]] where the O&RR met mainline. Thus providing a direct link from Allahbad to Lucknow and the hill stations beyond. <ref name=ICE>[[North Western Railway]](NWR)http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/imotp.1908. On 31 December 188817544 Institution of Civil Engineers "The Curzon Bridge at Allahabad" by Robert Richard Gales, the [[Government of India |GoI1908]] assumed both ownership and management of the O&RR; Retrieved 16 Jul 2016</ref>.

In 1925, the The O&RR was merged into the [[East Indian Railway]](EIR) in 1925 when the latter came into state management.

==Branch O&RR Lines owned and extensionsWorked==*[[Benares City Branch Railway]], opened 1900 The “Administration Report on Railways 1918” <ref name=Admin/> gives the ‘Lines Opened’ as branch 1510 miles(2430km) of the owners O&RR; however worked by [[Bengal and North-Western RailwayRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|‘Broad Gauge (BG)]](B&NWR)lines.

==Lines worked A small number of branches and extensions were constructed after 1918 by the O&RR at some timebefore merger into the EIR. These are listed under the ‘EIR System’ in the “History of Indian Railways 1937”<ref name==*Hist>[[Nalhatihttps://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Azimganj Railway]], opened 1863. Originally part of [[-Board-History-Of-Indian Branch Railway]], unique 4ft gauge; worked by O&RR, 1863-72; run as State Rly, 1872; leased to [[East Indian Railway]](EIR), 1892*[[CawnporeRailways-Constructed-And-In-Burhwal Railway]], opened 1896Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, Constructed constructed and worked as State line up to in progress’, 31 Mar 1915, then March 1937 by ‘The Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]); managed and worked by O&RR.*[[Hardwar-Dehra RailwayDepartment’ page 84, pdf 113]], opened 1900. Small, privately-owned assisted broad gauge branchline worked by O&RR; Retrieved 17 Oct 2020</ref>

==[[O&RR Lines surveyed by Owned and Worked | <big>'''O&RR Lines Owned and Worked '''</big> - ''see separate page'']] ==Stations==See separate pages for details of the Stations and Rail System into the following major Cities:-*[[Tilhar-Budaun-Hapur Railway SurveyCawnpore_Railways_and_Stations#Cawnpore_Stations| ‘Cawnpore Stations’]]* [[Delhi_Railways_%26_Stations#Delhi_Stations| ‘Delhi Stations’]]* [[Lucknow_Railways_and_Stations#Original_Lucknow_Station| ‘Lucknow Stations]]. Under survey by  ==O&RRWorkshops==The O&RR established workshops at [[Alambagh]] (1865) and [[Charbagh]] (1867) to provide capacity for the major broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from [[Benares]] to [[Lucknow]], to the north of the River Ganges,1909 . Ref Civil List 1909 page 379 – Railways  [[O&RR Railway Workshops| <big>'''O&RR Railway Workshops'''</big> ''- see unable to determine if constructed.separate page for details'']]

'''1905 Civil List''' The following from the [[Public Works Department]], are recorded as deployed to the O&RR:-

The following for Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway Personnel 1872 have been indexed in Grace's Guide :-