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* ‘[[Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)| ‘Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra) ''- see separate page'']]
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<br> The records show there were at least 11 Railway Stations in the Agra District.
<br>Two railway bridges crossed the Jumna River, (later named the Yamuna River):-
* ‘[[Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)| ‘Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra) ''- see separate page'']]
* ‘[[Strachey Road/Railway Bridge| ‘Strachey Road/Railway Bridge ''- see separate page'']]
<big><big>'''Agra Railways '''</big></big>
<big>''' [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]([[BB&CIR]]) '''</big>
<br>Marked Green on Map
* ‘[[Agra-Bandikui Branch Line]]’, from [[Bandikui]], the Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line reached ‘Agra Fort Station’ in 1873-4, crossing the Jumna/Yamuna River by the ‘[[Strachey Road/Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)]]’ and extended in 1876 to the MG Terminus at ‘Agra East Bank Station’
<blockquote>Operated as a [[Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Network_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#MG_Lines_-_owned_and_operated_by_BB.26CIR| ‘BB&CIR MG Branch Line’ ''- see separate page'']] </blockquote>
*‘[[Agra-Bayana Branch Line]]’ from [[Bayana]], the Broad Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line reached Agra in 1913 to the ‘Agra Cantonment Station’ and ‘Agra Fort Station’ via the ‘[[Strachey Road/Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)]]’ to ‘Agra Junction Station’ (became ‘Jumna/Yamuna Bridge Station’) with connection to the [[EIR ]] system
<blockquote>Operated as a branch part of the [[Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Network_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_-_owned_and_operated_by_BB.26CIR|’BB&CIR Godhra-Ratlam-Nagda Railway Section’ ''- see separate page'']] </blockquote>
**through ‘Raja-Ki-Mandi Station’, where the line became mixed BG and MG, into ‘Agra Cantonment Station
<blockquote>The line was worked as part of the ‘[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]’ [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Lines_worked_by_GIPR_at_some_time_-_alphabetical_order| 'GIPR Lines Worked ‘ ''- see separate page'']] </blockquote>
* [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Mainline| ‘GIPR Midland Mainline’]] was a [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line from [[Bhopal]] via [[Jhansi]] to ‘Agra Cantonment Station’, opened 1878-81, originally constructed by the ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’. From ‘Agra Cantonment Station’ there was a branch to join the BB&CIR ‘[[Agra-Bayana Branch Line]]’ and also a branch through ‘Idgah Station’ to the BB&CIR line into ‘Agra Fort Station’ via the ‘[[Strachey Road/Jamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)]]’ to ‘Agra Junction Station’ (became ‘Jumna/Yamuna Bridge Station’) with connection to the [[EIR]] system .The BG line was extended from ‘Agra Cantonment Station’ to connect to the[[BB&CIR]] in 1905 and the ‘[[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]’ in 1906.
<blockquote> The line became the [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Mainline| ‘GIPR Midland Mainline’ ''- see separate page'']]</blockquote>
*[[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_North_East_Branches| ‘GIPR Agra-Bah Section, NE line’]], was a ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from ‘Agra Cantonment Station’ to Bah, 43 miles(69km) to the east of [[Agra]], opened 1918
<big>''' [[East Indian Railway]]([[EIR]]) '''</big>
<br>Marked Red on Map
* [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Branches_of_the_.E2.80.98EIR_Main_Line.E2.80.99| ‘EIR Agra Branch Line’ ]] was a Broad Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line from [[Tundla]] to ‘Jumna Bridge Station’, 1862 extended in 1907 via the ‘[[Yamuna Strachey Road/Railway Bridge(Agra)| ‘Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)’ ]] ’ to ‘Agra City Station’, thus connecting the EIR to join with the [[GIPR]] lsystem system
<blockquote>The line became the [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Branches_of_the_.E2.80.98EIR_Main_Line.E2.80.99| ‘EIR Agra Branch Line’ ''- see separate page'']] </blockquote>
<br>The following lines operated into this station ''- see ‘Railways’ above''
* [[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway| ‘GIPR Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]’was a [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line built to provide extra track capacity between [[Agra]] and [[Delhi]] and opened in 1904-05. The BG line entered the District from the west at ‘Bilochpara Station’, to ‘Alumganj Station’ where the line divided, one branch through ‘Drummond Road Station’, where the line became mixed BG and MG, into ‘Balanganj Station’ and branched to ‘Agra City Station’
* [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Branches_of_the_.E2.80.98EIR_Main_Line.E2.80.99| ‘EIR Agra Branch Line’ ]] was a [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]] line from [[Tundla]] to ‘Jumna Bridge Station’, 1862 extended in 1907 via the ‘[[Yamuna Strachey Road/Railway Bridge(Agra)| ‘Yamuna Railway Bridge(Agra)’ ]] ’ to ‘Agra City Station’,
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