The Indian Branch Railway Company was formed in 1862 to build short
branch
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and
feeder lines. It received no guarantee but was offered a 20-year subsidy. In the 1850s, it secured a guaranteed return.
In 1863, it built the wide
narrow gauge
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Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with tighter curves, smaller structu ...
railway line between
Azimganj
Jiaganj Azimganj is a city and a municipality in Murshidabad district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Geography
Location
Jiaganj and Azimganj- the two towns located on opposite sides of the Baghirathi River, Jiaganj (Ziaganj) on the eas ...
and Nalhati.
[ The Azimgan–Nalhati line was taken over by the Government in 1872, as Nalhati State Railway.] In 1867, it opened the wide metre gauge Kanpur–Lucknow branch line.[
It established a railway workshop at Alambagh in 1865 and another at Charbagh in 1867.
Around 1872, it was merged into ]Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was an extensive railway network in the North India, mostly north of the Ganges, starting from Benares and subsequently up to Delhi.
History
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was formed in 1872 with the assets of ...
.[ Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was subsequently merged with ]East Indian Railway Company
The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Barod ...
in 1925.
Conversion to broad gauge
The railway lines were converted to broad gauge in 2017.
References
{{Railway lines in Eastern India
4 ft gauge railways in India
Defunct railway companies of India
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History of rail transport in Uttar Pradesh
Railway companies established in 1862
Indian companies established in 1862