Industry Railways Defunct Around 1872 | Founded 1862 Headquarters India | |
Successor Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway
Nalhati State Railway Area served Eastern and Northern India | ||
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.
In 1863, it built the 4 ft (1,219 mm) wide narrow gauge railway line between Azimganj and Nalhati. The Azimganj-Nalhati line was taken over by the Government in 1872, as Nalhati State Railway.
In 1867, it opened the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Kanpur-Lucknow branch line.
Around 1872, it was transformed into Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway.
Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway was merged with East Indian Railway Company in 1925.
Workshops
It established a railway workshop at Alambagh in 1865 and another at Charbagh in 1867.
References
Indian Branch Railway Company Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA