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'''Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway''' (R&KR) was a [[metre gauge railway]] in [[India]] covering a total network of 592 miles (953 km).<ref name=Lalvani>[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 December 2016</ref> 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.

== History ==
[[File:Offices of the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company - Lucknow 1870s.jpg|thumb|Offices of the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company in [[Lucknow]], 1870s]]
The 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]].<ref name=Lalvani/>

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.<ref name=biog>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alexander_Izat Grace's Guide "Alexander Izat"]; Retrieved on 18 July 2016</ref> 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.<ref name=Admin1918/>

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 railway|narrow gauge]] ''Powayan Light Railway''. The three railways used shared facilities but retained separate identities.

===Lines operated by R&KR===
*''Bhojeepura-Kathgodam R&KR Mainline'' from Bhojeepura (near [[Bareilly]]) to [[Kathgodam]], 1884; 54 miles (84 km)<ref name=Admin1918>[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 December 2016</ref>
*''Kasganj Extension Line'' from [[Bareilly]] to Soron, 1885; to [[Kasganj]], 1906; 63 miles (100 km)<ref name=Admin1918/>
*''Ramnagar Extension Line'' from [[Moradabad]] to [[Ramnagar, Alapur|Ramnagar]], 1907-8; 48 miles (76 km)<ref name=Admin1918/>
*''Kashipur Extension Line'' from [[Lalkua]] to [[Kashipur, Uttarakhand|Kashipur]], 1907; 36 miles (57 km)<ref name=Admin1918/>
*''Shahjahanpur Extension Line'' from [[Pilibhit]] 1911; reaching [[Shahjahanpur]] 1916; 56 miles(89 km)<ref name=Admin1918/>
*[[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]], from 1891, a metre gauge railway, which formed an alternative ''Northern Loop'' between the cities of [[Lucknow]] and [[Bareilly]] to the [[broad gauge railway|broad gauge]] main line of the [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]. The metre gauge network of 198 miles (317 km) in 1891 was extended to 312 miles (500 km) by 1914.<ref name=Admin1918/>
*''Powayan Light Railway'', from 17 December 1900, a 2 foot 6inch (762mm) narrow gauge line of 39 miles (62 km) length.<ref name=Admin1918/>
*''Philibhit-Sitapur Railway'', sanctioned for survey in 1905-1906; metre gauge line from [[Pilibhit]]-Bisalpur to [[Shahjahanpur]] and then to [[Sitapur]], a length of about 105 miles (168 km).<ref name="History1906"/> The 'Philibhit - Shahjahanpur Section’ was constructed by R&KR as ''Shahjahanpur Extension Lin'', opened 1911-16 - ''see above''; the extension to [[Sitapur]] was constructed in 1916.
* ''Dudhwa Branch Extension'' and ''Ramnager Ghat Extension'', proposed in 1895 by the Agents, the R&KR, on behalf of the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] (LBSR).<ref name=History1906>[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</ref>
* ''Pilibhit-Barmedo Branch'', surveyed in 1903 by the Agents, the R&KR, on behalf of the [[Lucknow-Bareilly State Railway]] (LBSR)<ref name=History1906/>

== Conversion to broad gauge ==

The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] starting from 1990s to 2010s.{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Rohilkund_and_Kumaon_Railway Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway] on FIBIS
*'''L/AG/46/35''' "Records of the India Office relating to the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway Company; 1882-1931"<ref name="searcharchives">[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue" - Search]; Retrieved 27 Jan 2016</ref>
*'''L/F/7/2382-2391''' "Collection 380: Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway, date unspecified"<ref name="searcharchives"/>

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