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== History ==
The R&KR was company owned and worked from formation in 1882.
In 1883 [[Alexander Izat]] was appointed Director, prior to this he was employed by the [[Railway Branch - Public Works Department (PWD)]] where he had served in various parts of India and was instrumental in initiating and carrying out many metre-gauge extensions<ref name=biog>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alexander_Izat Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"]; Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>. He represented R&KR at the [[Indian Railway Conference Association]] and remained as Director, until his retirement in 1904. In 1918 he is recorded as being R&KR Chairman with headquarters in London <ref name=Admin1918/>
The R&KR remained a private Company until nationalisation in 1943 when it was amalgamated with the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR), with which it had been closely associated, and the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]], to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]](O&TR).
In turn, in 1952, the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] became part of 'North Eastern Railway', a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
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|company2details= [[Powayan Light Railway]]
|company3=from 1891
|company3details= [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]]
|company4=before 1891|company4details= [[Lucknow-Sitapur-Sihramau Railway]] |company5=before 1891 |company5details= [[Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway]]
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The R&KR also had working agreements with both the [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] and the [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] [[Powayan Light Railway]]. The three railways were worked using shared facilities but retaining separate identities. ''See ‘Lines Worked’ and ‘Records' below''
== Company History ==
The Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company, Limited, was a Joint Stock Company with limited liability, having its registered office in London<ref name=IOR>British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/13/977 “Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway- Contract for advance of capital and as to debentures supplemental to the Contact dated 8 Sep 1890” , 1892</ref> . The company was privately owned and worked from formation in 1882
In 1883 [[Alexander Izat]] was appointed Director, prior to this he was employed by the [[Railway Branch - Public Works Department (PWD)]] where he had served in various parts of India and was instrumental in initiating and carrying out many metre-gauge extensions<ref name=biog>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alexander_Izat Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"]; Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>. He represented R&KR at the [[Indian Railway Conference Association]] and remained as Director, until his retirement in 1904. In 1918 he is recorded as being R&KR Chairman with headquarters in London <ref name=Admin1918/>
The R&KR remained a private Company until nationalisation in 1943 when it was amalgamated with the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]](B&NWR), with which it had been closely associated, and the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]], to form the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]](O&TR).
In turn, in 1952, the [[Oudh and Tirhut Railway]] became part of 'North Eastern Railway', a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
==Lines owned and operated by R&KR==
==Lines worked by R&KR==
''See seperate pages for further information''*[[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] (LBSR), was formed in 1891 from 1891, a the merger of the [[Lucknow-Sitapur-Sihramau Railway]] and [[Bareilly-Pilibheet Provincial State Railway]] <ref name=IOR/>. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway which formed an alternative northern "loop" between the cities of [[Lucknow]] and [[Bareilly]] to the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) main line of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]. The MG of 198 miles (317km) in 1891; extended to 312 miles(500km) by 1914 <ref name=Admin1918/>.
*[[Powayan Light Railway]], from the 17 Dec 1900, a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])line of 39 miles(62km) length <ref name=Admin1918/>.
==Lines Surveyed/Proposed by R&KR==
*’Philibhit’Kathgodam-Sitapur Railway’Nainital Branch’, sanctioned proposed by private enterprise in 1895 for survey 1905-6; MG line from [[Pilibhit]] - Bisalpur to [[Shahjahanpur]] the development of Kuaon and thence Nainitial districts. It was to be a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[SitapurRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, a length of about 105 13 miles(168km21km) line at estimated cost RS.12 lakhs. The concession lapsed in 1898 <refname=History1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n80/mode/1up “Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 42]; Retrieved 8 Dec 20163 Oct 2017</ref>.*’Philibhit-Sitapur Railway’, sanctioned for survey 1905-6; MG line from [[Pilibhit]] - Bisalpur to [[Shahjahanpur]] and thence to [[Sitapur]], a length of about 105 miles(168km) ) <ref name=History1906/>. The 'Philibhit - Shahjahanpur Section’ was constructed by R&KR as ’Shahjahanpur Extension Line’, opened 1911-16 - ''see above''; the extension to [[Sitapur]] was still to be constructed in 1916. *’Dudhwa Branch Extension’ and ‘Ramnager Ghat Extension’, first proposed in 1895 by the Agents, the R&KR, on behalf of the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]](LBSR) – ''[[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway|see for information]]'' <ref name=History1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n80/mode/1up “Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 42]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016</ref>.
*Pilibhit-Barmedo Branch]], surveyed in 1903 by the Agents, the R&KR, on behalf of the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]](LBSR) – ''[[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway|see for information]]'' <ref name=History1906/>
==Records==
==Personnel Records==
There are no personnel or staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]'Satow Collection'
There is a photograph dated 1911 in the Satow Collection:
