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The '''Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway''' (R&KR) was a small metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway whose northern terminus at [[Kathgodam]] served the submontane belt of the [[United Provinces]] between [[Lucknow]] and [[Moradabad]], as well as a number of hill stations, such as [[Naini Tal]].
The main line from [[Bhojeepura]] to [[Kathgodam]] opened in 1884 and developed until 1916 with a number of network extensions
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 196]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>
*[[Kasganj]] extension - completed in 1885 reaching [[Bareilly]], 1906; 63 miles(100km)
*[[Ramnager]] extension from [[Moradabad]], 1908; 48 miles(76km)
*[[Kashipur]] extension from [[Lalkua]], 1907; 36 miles(57km)
*[[Shahjahanpur]] extension from [[Pilibhit]], 1911-16; 56 miles(89km)
The R&KR also worked the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] and the [[Powayan Light Railway]]
== History ==
The R&KR was company owned and worked from formation in 1882 until its nationalisation in 1943 when it was amalgamated with the [[Bengal and North-Western Railway]]5B(B&NWR), with which it had been closely associated, 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.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Railways]]
