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→BG Lines - owned and worked by EIR: Bhagalpur Bausi Branch Railway link corrected
**'''[[First Chord EIR Line]] '''; Khana Junction-Sitarampur, opened in stages from 1855-63; reaching Luckeeserai 1871. 183 miles(294km. Page 53 (pdf 62). Initially called the Chord Line but then re-designated as the Main Line.
**'''[[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line]]'''; Khana Junction-Bhagalpur-Jamalpur-Luckeeserai section of the Main Line 250 miles(402km) became secondary with the opening of the First Chord, reducing Howrah-Delhi to 943 miles (1517km). Page 53 (pdf 62)
**'''[[Bhagalpur Badli Bausi Branch Railway’|Bausi Branch Railway]]''', a branch railway from Bhagalpur to Mandar Hill; under construction 1907 for EIR as a branch of the [[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line]]; dismantled in 1917-18 for reasons unknown.
*'''[[Grand Chord EIR Line]]'''; Sitarampur-Gaya-Mogul Sarai, first section to Barakar , 1865; Gaya 1906; Mogul Sarai 1909. 278 miles(447km). Page 54 (pdf 63)
*'''[[Howrah-Burdwan Chord Line]]''' ; 6 miles from Howrah to Saktighar, 1917; 45 miles(72km). Page 54 (pdf 63)
==='''Branches from the [[Grand Chord EIR Line]]'''===
Alphabetical order with page and pdf references from the “1918 Report on Railways” ” <ref name =Admin/>
**[[ Barun-Daltonganj Railway|Barun-Daltonganj Branch Line]]; Sone River East Bank, Barun to Daltonganj, 1902; 78 miles(125km). Page 55 (pdf64)
**Chunch Branch Line ; Chunch to Grand Chord Line, 1893-6; 3.9 miles(6.2km). Page 55 (pdf64)
**Damudu Branch Line; Kasunda to Pathardihi, 1895-6; 9.8 miles(15.7km). Page 55 (pdf64)
