Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway

Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway
Industry	Railways
Predecessor	none
Successor	Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway
Founded	1894
Defunct	1943
Headquarters	India
Area served	Northern India
Services	Rail transport

The Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway (C–B) was owned by the Government of India and managed as part of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway (East Indian Railway from 1 July 1925).

Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway was sanctioned for construction in October 1894 to provide a link between the metre gauge railways, north of the Ganges with the Rajputana-Malwa Railway system. The construction was commenced in November 1894. The line was constructed alongside the broad gauge from Cawnpore via Lucknow to a junction with Bengal and North Western Railway at Burhwal 99.6 miles away. The line between Burhwal and Daliganj on the Lucknow–Bareilly Railway was opened on 24 November 1896.^[1] The Aishbagh–Cawnpore section of the Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway (metre gauge link) was opened for goods traffic on 25 April 1897.^[2]

The Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway was essentially the common stem of the Bengal and North Western Railway and Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway networks, It had two sections:

Cawnpore–Aishbagh line (metre gauge: 45 miles)

Cawnpore (BBCI) to Aishbagh (R&K) (45 miles) opened 25 April 1897

Daliganj–Barabanki line (metre gauge: 18 miles)

Daliganj (R&K) to Barabanki (BNW) (18 miles) opened 24 November 1896

In Oudh and Rohilkhand railway and Cawnpore–Burhwal railway there were no curves of a shorter radius than 1,000 feet, except on the Cawnpore–Burhwal railway where the sharpest curve has a radius of 573 feet.^[3]

The Cawnpore–Burwhal Railway was renamed the Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway around 1943.

References

↑ Sitansu Sekhar Ghosh (2002). Railways in India--a legend: origin & development (1830–1980). Jogemaya Prokashani. p. 126. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
↑ Lawrence Saunders, S. R. Blundstone (1897). The Railway Engineer 18. p. 262. Retrieved 2013-07-02.
↑ Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons (1903). Papers by command 47. HMSO. p. 373. Retrieved 2013-07-02.

Notes

Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust
Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background

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