Indian Branch Railway Company

Indian Branch Railway Company
IndustryRailways
Founded1862
DefunctAround 1872
SuccessorOudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Nalhati State Railway
Headquarters
India
Area served
Eastern and Northern India
ServicesRail transport

The Indian Branch Railway Company was formed in 1862 to build short branch and feeder lines. It received no guarantee but was offered a 20-year subsidy. In the 1850s, it secured a guaranteed return.[1][2]

In 1863, it built the 4 ft (1,219 mm) wide narrow gauge railway line between Azimganj and Nalhati.[2] The Azimgan–Nalhati line was taken over by the Government in 1872, as Nalhati State Railway.[1][3] In 1867, it opened the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Kanpur–Lucknow branch line.[1][3]

It established a railway workshop at Alambagh in 1865 and another at Charbagh in 1867.[4]

Around 1872, it was merged into Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.[2][3] Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was subsequently merged with East Indian Railway Company in 1925.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "IR History I : Early Days (1832-1869)". IRFCA. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b c "Indian Branch Railway". fibis. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway" (PDF). Old Martinian Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. ^ "The Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway" (PDF). Management E-books6. Retrieved 30 May 2013.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "IR History III : (1900-1947)". IRFCA. Retrieved 30 May 2013.