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<big>'''O&RR Railway Workshops'''</big>
The following Workshops were constructed developed and operated by the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR)
See [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway|''' Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway main page''']] for further information until 1925 when the O&RR transferred to the '''[[East Indian Railway]]'''(EIR).
==Charbagh Railway Workshop==
[[Charbagh]] is a suburb 2 miles(3.2km) south west of [[Lucknow]] city.
<br>Construction for the [[Charbagh]] workshop was started in 1867 by the [[Indian Branch Railway]], from 1872 to become the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] (O&RR) in 1867 to prepare for its needs of locomotive and carriage maintenance in the [[Lucknow]] area after it secured a contract to build a large broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway system in the area north of the Ganga. 1867 was also the year that the company had finished construction of the light metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line between [[Lucknow]] and[[Cawnpore]].
<br>Originally almost all the staff of the Charbagh workshop was from Great Britain, however within a few years a large number of Indians were also employed, including many from Bihar and also Jamalpur <ref>[https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shop.html#alam IRFCA ‘Production Units & Workshops’ – ‘Workshops’]; Retrieved 28 Feb 2020</ref>.
==Alambagh Railway Workshop==
[[Alambagh ]] lies about 4 miles(7km) north-west of the centre of [[Lucknow]]. It was the site of a maintenance facility, set up was started in 1865 by the [[Indian Branch Railway]], to become [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]] (O&RR) from 1872 for the routine overhaul and repair of carriages and wagons. In time, the workshop grew to become one of the major centres in India for the construction of new coaching and goods stock, as well as its restoration and repair <ref>[https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-shop.html#alam IRFCA ‘Production Units & Workshops’ – ‘Workshops’]; Retrieved 28 Feb 2020</ref>.
==Lucknow Railway Workshop==
==Later Development==
From 1925 these Workshops were taken over by the ‘'''[[East Indian RallwayRailway]]’'''(EIR) with all the assets and liabilities of the O&RR
<blockquote>See '''[[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop]]''' page</blockquote>
<blockquote>See '''[[EIR Locomotive Workshops|East Indian Railways - Locomotive Workshops]]''' page</blockquote>
