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Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway
| Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway | ||
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| Line of route | ||
| Cawnpore to Farrukhabad | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 86 miles (1881) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1880 Dec | Cawnpore to Miranserai section opened | |
| 1881 Feb | Miranserai to Farrukhabad section opened | |
| 1884 Jul | Merged to form the Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bombay | |
| Stations | Cawnpore, Miranserai, Farrukhabad | |
| System agency | ||
| 1880/1 | Worked by Rajputana-Malwa Railway. | |
| 1886 | Absorbed into Rajputana-Malwa Railway and worked by GoI | |
| 1907 | Absorbed into BB&CIR | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway was owned by the Provincial Government and was worked by the Rajputana Railway to 31st December 1881 and by the Rajputana-Malwa Railway from 1st December 1882.
The metre gauge(MG) line from Farrukhabad to Miranserai (37 miles/59km) opened 1 February 1881 and Miranserai to Cawnpore (49 miles/78km) opened 15 December 1880 [1]
The Cawnpore Farukhabad Provincial State Railway merged with the Muttra Achnera Provincial State Railway and Muttra Hathras Provincial Railway to form the Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway on 1st July 1884
The Cawnpore-Achnera Provincial State Railway was owned by the Provincial Government and worked by the Rajputana-Malwa Railway.
The Cawnpore- Achnera Provincial State Railway was absorbed by the Rajputana-Malwa Railway on 1st October 1886. The Rajputana-Malwa Railway was owned by the Government of India(GoI) and was worked by the GoI from formation until 31st December 1905 and by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) from 1st January 1906.
The Rajputana-Malwa Railway was absorbed by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) on 8th April 1907.
References
- ↑ "Indian Railway Line History" pages 9 and 11 by Keith Scholey; Retrieved 10 Dec 2015