| 词条 | Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway |
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|name = Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway |logo = |type = |foundation = 1882 |defunct= 1 January 1943 |predecessor= |successor= Oudh and Tirhut Railway |location_city = |location_country = India |location = |locations = |key_people = |area_served = Northern India |industry = Railways |products = |services = Rail transport |revenue = |operating_income = |net_income = |num_employees = |parent = |divisions = |subsid = |slogan = |homepage = |footnotes = |intl = }} Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (R&KR) was a metre gauge railway in India covering a total network of 592 miles (953 km).[1] It was owned and worked by the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company (registered 6 October 1882). The Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway was transferred to the Government of India and merged into the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1 January 1943. HistoryThe original main line from Bhojeepura (near Bareilly) opened in 1884 and ran 54 miles (84 km) in a north-westerly direction to Kathgodam. The railway was progressively extended, and by 1912 its network covered 256 miles (412 km). It also worked the 296 miles (476 km) long Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway.[1] The R&KR was company owned and worked from formation in 1882. In 1883 Alexander Izat was appointed Director. Prior to this he was employed by the Railway Branch - Public Works Department (PWD) where he had served in various parts of India and was instrumental in initiating and carrying out many metre-gauge extensions.[2] He represented R&KR at the Indian Railway Conference Association and remained as Director, until his retirement in 1904. In 1918 he is recorded as being R&KR Chairman with headquarters in London.[4] The R&KR remained a private company until nationalisation in 1943, when it was amalgamated with the Bengal and North-Western Railway (B&NWR), with which it had been closely associated, and the Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway, 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. The R&KR had working agreements with both the metre gauge Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway and the narrow gauge Powayan Light Railway. The three railways used shared facilities but retained separate identities. Lines operated by R&KR
Conversion to broad gaugeThe railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} broad gauge starting from 1990s to 2010s. References1. ^1 [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA218#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books “The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise” by Kartar Lalvani, page 218]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016 2. ^Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"; Retrieved on 18 July 2016 3. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n204/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 196]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016 4. ^[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n80/mode/1up “Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 42]; Retrieved 8 Dec 2016 5. ^1 [https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n80/mode/1up “Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 42]; Retrieved 8 December 2016 6. ^1 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 27 Jan 2016 External links
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