5-776: The Lucknow–Bareilly Railway or Lucknow–Bareilly State Railway was owned by the Government of India and worked by the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway . The Lucknow–Bareilly Railway was formed on 1 January 1891 by merger of Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway and Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway . The Lucknow–Bareilly Railway was merged into the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1 January 1943. The railway lines were converted to 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge in 2017. Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway (R&KR)
10-565: 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
15-642: Was a metre gauge railway in India covering a total network of 592 miles (953 km). 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. The company was founded in 1883 by the Scottish railway engineer Alexander Izat who
20-530: Was also the Company Director until 1904. The original main line from Bhojeepura (near Bareilly ) opened in 1884 and ran 54 miles (87 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 . The R&KR was company owned and worked from formation in 1882. In 1883 Alexander Izat
25-676: 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. 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. The R&KR remained
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