Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
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| Route length: | Broad gauge 1,910 km Meter gauge : 129 km |
| Gauge : | 1,676 mm and 1,000 mm |
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was an Indian railway company whose route network stretched between Benares and Delhi far across northern India.
history
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was founded in 1872 by the Indian Branch Railway Company with a government guarantee. The head office was in Lucknow . In 1888 the British Indian government nationalized the railway.
The main route of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway ran from Varanasi via Lucknow , Shahjahanpur , Bareilly , Chandausi and Moradabad to Saharanpur . With the opening of the line from Bareilly via Rampur to Moradabad in 1894, the main line was shortened and the old line is now called Chandausi Chord . The direct route from Varanasi to Rae Bareilly shortened the main route even further.
Several serious railway accidents have occurred on the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway network :
- In the Ghaziabad railway accident on May 6, 1908, two trains collided head- on at Ghaziabad (then United Provinces ) due to a failure of the train protection system . About 120 people died;
- in the railway accident in Moradabad on April 28, 1920 at Moradabad , Uttar Pradesh , an overcrowded express train ran into a freight train . 150 people died.
The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway went on July 1, 1925 in the East Indian Railway , the section of the Cawnpore – Burhwal Railway belonging to it was now operated by the Bengal and North Western Railway and went to the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on January 1, 1943 over.
Route network
The network of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway consisted of 1,910 km of broad gauge lines with a gauge of 1,676 mm and 129 km of meter- gauge lines . The narrow-gauge railways were on the broad gauge in 2017 umgespurt . The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway built the following lines :
- 1872 from Lucknow to Hardoi ;
- 1872 from Lucknow to Barabanki ;
- a 27 km long meter- gauge line from Burwhal to Barabanki was opened on April 1, 1872 as part of the Bahramghat Branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway . When adding a three -rail track , the meter- gauge line became part of the Cawnpore-Burhwal Railway , which was operated by the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway .
- Moradabad to Chandausi , which was extended to Bareilly until 1873 .
- The 6.4 km long broad gauge line from Burhwal to Bahramghat was opened on April 1, 1872 as part of the Bahramghat Branch of the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway and was in operation until around 1943.
- In 1874 a line from Varanasi to Lucknow was added with an extension to Fyzabad , which was called the Fyzabad Loop .
- 1881-1886 the railway extended its main line from Moradabad to Saharanpur and
- opened a branch line from Lakhsar to Haridwar in 1883 .
- In 1883, the Dufferin Bridge was built over the Ganges under Frederick Thomas Granville Walton as Chief Engineer . This line was connected to the network of the East Indian Railway Company in Mughalsarai .
- The route from Lucknow to Rae Bareilly was extended in 1893.
- In 1894, the line from Bareilly via Rampur to Moradabad was opened, which shortened the main route from Varanasi to Saharanpur.
- The line from Ghaziabad to Moradabad was completed in 1898.
- The 3.2 km long meter gauge route from Benares Cant. to Benares City was opened between March 15 and April 1, 1899 as the Benares City Branch . After the Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was absorbed into the East Indian Railway on July 1, 1925, this line continued to be operated by the Bengal and North Western Railway and its successors and was only transferred to the North Eastern Railway on February 27, 1953 .
Locomotives
Steam locomotive No. 11 with a 0-6-0 wheel arrangement
Steam locomotive with the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement with the name 'Lucknow'
Crane that could lift 6 t with a boom radius of 4.25 m
Web links
literature
- Rao, MA (1988). Indian Railways , New Delhi: National Book Trust
- Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway . fibis. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e f The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway . Management e-books6. Retrieved on May 30, 2013. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Ian Manning: The Rohilkhand and Kumaon . IRFCA. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ↑ IR History: Part III (1900 = 1947) . IRFCA. Retrieved May 30, 2013.
- ^ IR History: Early days II (1870 = 1889) . Retrieved May 30, 2013.
