Bikaner Railway

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Bikaner Railway was a former regional railway system in northwestern India that later became part of the Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways.

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Label Occurrences
Bikaner Railway canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former railway company
regional railway system
becamePartOf Northern Railway zone
connectedToRailway Jodhpur Railway
North Western Railway (British India)
country India
economicRole facilitated trade in agricultural products
supported movement of military supplies in northwestern India
gaugeType metre-gauge
historicalEra British India
historicalStatus defunct as an independent railway system
integratedInto Indian Railways zonal system
locatedIn Bikaner
northwestern India
operatedInRegion Punjab (India)
linked to: Punjab

Rajasthan
ownerAfterIndependence Government of India
partOf Indian Railways
primaryHub Bikaner Junction railway station
linked to: Bikaner Junction
railwayType broad-gauge (later conversions)
regionCharacteristics arid and semi-arid zones of Thar Desert
servedCity Bikaner
Delhi (via connections)
Jodhpur
serviceType freight rail transport
passenger rail transport
successor North Western Railway zone (for some sections after reorganization)
Northern Railway zone
trackConfiguration single-track (on many sections)

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Northern Railway zone formedByMergerOf Bikaner Railway
Northern Railway formedByMergerOf Bikaner Railway