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Formed in 1845, the EIR was not contracted by the EIC to begin railway construction until 1849 when it became one of the three original guaranteed companies sanctioned to construct experimental lines. It was not until 1854 that the EIR opened its first section from [[Howrah]] to [[Hooghly]]. By 1864, the EIR had arrived in Delhi although it was not until 1871 that the Bombay-Calcutta route was completed when the GIPR reached Juppulpore.
In 1862, the [[Jamalpur]] Locomotive workshops were established. On 15 January 1935, the Jamalpur Workshops workshops along with the entire railway colony was were destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuildthe facility.
The Government of India (GoI) acquired the assets of the EIR on 31 December 1879 while leaving the management to the private company.
== External Links ==
*[http://irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/zonal_logos/DSCN5174.jpg.html East Indian Railway logo]
*[http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?txtkeys1=East+India+Railway Science & Society Picture Library]
*[http://www.irfca.org/~mrinal/history_er.html "History of Eastern Railway"], ''Indian Railways Fans Club''.
*Williams, Blair, [http://home.alphalink.com.au/~agilbert/onjama~1.html "EIR at Jamalpur - Anglo-Indian Railway Officers"] by Blair Williams , ''The International Journal of Anglo-Indian Studies'' Volume , Vol 6, Number No 2, 2001.
