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|foundation =1862<br />
|defunct = Around 1872<br />
|successor = [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]]<br/>Nalhati State Railway<br />
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The '''Indian Branch Railway Company''' was formed in 1862 to build short [[Branch line|branch]] and [[Feeder line (network)|feeder]] lines. It received no guarantee but was offered a 20-year subsidy. In the 1850s, it secured a guaranteed return.<ref name=irfcai>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-hist.html |title = IR History I : Early Days (1832-1869) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 30 May 2013}}</ref><ref name=fibis>{{cite web| url =http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Indian_Branch_Railway |title = Indian Branch Railway | publisher= fibis| access-date = 30 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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In 1863, it built the {{RailGauge|4ft|lk=on}} wide [[narrow gauge]] railway line between [[Azimganj railway station|Azimganj]] and Nalhati.<ref name=fibis/> The Azimgan–Nalhati line was taken over by the Government in 1872, as Nalhati State Railway.<ref name=irfcai/><ref name=orr>{{cite web | url = http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/OudhandRohilkandRly.pdf | title = The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | publisher = Old Martinian Association | access-date = 30 May 2013 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130621225555/http://www.oldmartiniansassociation.co.uk/documents/OudhandRohilkandRly.pdf | archive-date = 21 June 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> In 1867, it opened the {{RailGauge|1000mm}} wide [[metre gauge]] Kanpur–Lucknow branch line.<ref name=irfcai/><ref name=orr/><br />
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It established a railway workshop at Alambagh in 1865 and another at Charbagh in 1867.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://management.ebooks6.com/The-Oudh-Rohilkhand-Railway-download-w23852.pdf | title = The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway | publisher = Management E-books6 | access-date = 30 May 2013 }}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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Around 1872, it was merged into [[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]].<ref name=fibis/><ref name=orr/> Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was subsequently merged with [[East Indian Railway Company]] in 1925.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History III : (1900-1947) | publisher= IRFCA| access-date = 30 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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== Conversion to broad gauge ==<br />
The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2017.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Railways in Northern India}}<br />
{{Railway lines in Eastern India}}<br />
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[[Category:4 ft gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in West Bengal]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1862]]<br />
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