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Tirhut Railway

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Industry
  
Railways

Defunct
  
1 January 1943.

Area served
  
Northern India

Predecessor
  
none

Headquarters
  
India

Successor
  
Oudh and Tirhut Railway

Tirhut Railway (originally Tirhoot Railway) was originally owned by the Provincial Government, ownership was later transferred to the Government of India. The Tirhut Railway was worked by the Government of India as part of the Indian State Railways from opening to late 1886, as the Tirhoot Railway from late 1886 to 30 June 1890 and by the Bengal and North Western Railway from 1 July 1890. Tirhoot Railway absorbed Segowlie-Raxaul Railway in around 1920.The Tirhut Railway was merged into the Oudh and Tirhut Railway on 1 January 1943.

References

Tirhut Railway Wikipedia