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The '''Powayan Light Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway sometimes described as a tramwaythe '''Shahjahanpur-Mailani Tramway'''.
The section from [[Shahjahanpur]] to [[Powayan]], a length of 17 miles(27km) opened in 1890. The line was constructed by the Powayan Steam Tramway Company and the maintenance taken over by the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]](R&KR) in December 1900. The line was extended to reach [[Mailani]], a further 21 miles(34km) in 1904.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n210/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 202]; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V22_212.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India 1908" v. 22, p. 206.]; Retrieved 24 Dec 2015</ref>.
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