Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway was owned by the Provincial Government and worked by the Rohilkund and Kumaon Railway.

History

Two metre gauge sections were built to form the Bareilly–Pilibheet Provincial State Railway; Bhojeepura to Bareilly (12 miles) opened 1 October 1884, and Pilibheet to Bhojeepura (24 miles) opened 15 November 1884. It merged with the Lucknow–Sitapur–Seramow Provincial State Railway to become the Lucknow–Bareilly Railway on 1 January 1891.

Conversion to broad gauge

The railway lines were converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 2017.

Notes

  1. Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust
  2. Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bareilly%E2%80%93Pilibheet_Provincial_State_Railway
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