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'''Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway (C–B)''' (1943-1953) (earlier called '''Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway''' (1894-1943) was a railway in northern [[India]].
It was managed as part of the [[East Indian Railway]], and was worked by the [[Bengal and North Western Railway]] and the [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]].

== History ==

Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway was sanctioned for construction in October 1894 to provide a link between the [[metre gauge]] railways, north of the [[Ganga river|Ganga]] river 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 160 km away. The metre gauge line between Burhwal and [[Daliganj Junction railway station|Daliganj]] on the [[Lucknow–Bareilly Railway]] was opened on 24 November 1896. The line was later extended to [[Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh|Barabanki]]. The line was 29 km long.<ref name="RI">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u43tAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cawnpore-Burhwal+Railway%22%E2%80%8E | title=Railways in India--a legend: origin & development (1830–1980) | publisher=Jogemaya Prokashani | date=2002 | access-date=2013-07-02 | author=Sitansu Sekhar Ghosh | pages=126}}</ref> The metre gauge Cawnpore-[[Aishbagh]] section of the Cawnpore–Burhwal Railway (metre gauge link) was opened for goods traffic on 25 April 1897. The line was 72 km long.<ref name="REV18">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GBvnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Cawnpore-Burhwal+Railway%22%E2%80%8E | title=The Railway Engineer|volume=18 | date=1897 | access-date=2013-07-02 | author=Lawrence Saunders, S. R. Blundstone | pages=262}}</ref>

In [[Oudh State|Oudh]] and [[Rohilkhand]] railway and Cawnpore–Burhwal railway there were no curves of a shorter radius than {{convert|1,000|ft}}, except on the Cawnpore–Burhwal railway where the sharpest curve has a radius of {{convert|573|ft}}.<ref name="PCV47">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L-g5AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Cawnpore-Burhwal+Railway%22%E2%80%8E | title=Papers by command|volume=47 | publisher=HMSO | date=1903 | access-date=2013-07-02 | author=Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons | pages=373}}</ref>

The Railway was essentially the common stem of the [[Bengal and North Western Railway]] and [[Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway]] networks. The Cawnpore–Burwhal Railway was renamed the Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway around 1943. The Cawnpore–Barabanki Railway was transferred to the [[North Eastern Railway (India)|North Eastern Railway]] on 27 February 1953.

== Conversion to broad gauge ==

The CBR was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} broad gauge in 2014.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/MEMU-train-between-Gonda-Barabanki-soon/articleshow/30043045.cms MEMU train]</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Railways in Northern India}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cawnpore - Barabanki Railway}}
[[Category:Transport in Kanpur]]
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1894]]
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1943]]
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1943]]
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1953]]
[[Category:History of rail transport in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Transport in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh]]

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