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[[Category:Railways]]
{{Infobox_Railways
|image=
|caption=
|description= [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]], branch to [[Allahabad]]
|date1= '''1845'''
|date1details=incorporated
|date2='''1854'''
|date2details= first train runs
|date3='''1871'''
|date3details= connects with GIP
|date4='''1879'''
|date4details= state ownership
|date5='''1925'''
|date5details=nationalisation
|company1='''1884'''
|company1details= Borneo State Railway
|company2='''1912'''
|company2details= Andaman Island Railway
|company3=
|company3details=
|company4=
|company4details=
|headquarters= [[Calcutta]]
|workshop= [[Jamalpore]], Swindon
|stations= [[Howrah]], [[Hoogley]], [[Allahabad]], [[Jubbulpur]]
|successor1= 1951
|successor1details= Eastern Railway of Indian Railways
|successor2=
|successor2details=
|successor3=
|successor4details=
|gauge1= Broad
|gauge1details= 1261 miles
|gauge2= Metre
|gauge2details= 119 miles
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
}}}}
Built on the same terms and conditions as the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR), the '''East Indian Railway''' (EIR) was a British company, registered in London, privately owned and financed, operating under license and guarantee from the (British) Board of Control in India and the [[East India Company]] (EIC).
