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In December 1852There had been an earlier proposal for railways [[East India Company - Early Proposals for Railways, 1845|from the decision was made to construct a line to form a trunk designed to connect [[Calcutta]] with ‘East India Company - Railway Proposals 1845’ [[Rajmahal- ''see separate page'']] and then extended to [[Delhi]]. The work would start in different places at the same time and eventually connect. This would start immediately initially the cost would have been raised either on the stock market or from Central Government <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/818 Financial Department Dispatch 21 December 1852 p.505</ref>. This was altered before the Dispatch was sent out, referring to the Governors Report <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/818 Financial Department Dispatch 21 December 1852 p.509</ref> and the Resident Consulting Engineer ‘s Report<ref> British Library IOR/E/4/818 Financial Department Dispatch 21 December 1852 p.508</ref>

In October 1853, the dispatch referred to the expansion of Indian Railways and that a new company had undertaken to construct the railway to Delhi and the work to commence as decided in 1852 in different parts and operations started before the completion of the whole line. <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/822 Financial Department Dispatch 5 October 1853 p5364</ref> This The next consideration was a joint undertaking with the [[East India Great Trunk Railwayfrom Calcutta|‘East India Railway Company’]] and the [[Upper India Railway Company|‘Upper India ‘Great Trunk Railway Company’]] (formed in 1852 specifically to construct the line from Allahabad to Cawnpore Calcutta 1847 Proposal ’ - [[Upper India Railway|''see separate page'']]

In Both these proposals came to nothing. '''1852 December''', the event decision was made to construct a line to form a trunk designed to connect [[Calcutta]] with [[Delhi]] with a second section to ((Rajmahal]]. The work would start in different places at the same time and eventually connect. This would start immediately initially the cost would have been raised either on the stock market or from Central Government <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/818 Financial Department Dispatch 21 December 1852 p.505</ref>. This was altered before the Dispatch was sent out, referring to the Governors Report <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/818 Financial Department Dispatch 21 December 1852 p.509</ref> and the Resident Consulting Engineer ‘s Report<ref> British Library IOR/E/4/818 Financial Department Dispatch 21 December 1852 p.508</ref> '''1853 October''', the dispatch referred to the expansion of Indian Railways and that a new company had undertaken to construct the railway to Delhi and the work to commence as decided in 1852 in different parts and operations started before the completion of the whole line. <ref> British Library IOR/E/4/822 Financial Department Dispatch 5 October 1853 p5364</ref> This was a joint undertaking with the [[East India Railway|‘East India Railway Company’]] and the [[Upper India Railway|‘Upper India Railway Company’]] (formed in 1852 specifically to construct the line from Allahabad to Cawnpore) - [[Upper India Railway|''see separate page'']] '''1854 August''', the first section of the [[East Indian Railway]] from [[Howrah]](serving Calcutta) to Hooghly opened to traffic in Aug. 1854 and the Allahabad to Cawnpore Section opened in Mar. 1859 and Delhi was reached in 1867 , it became the [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line|‘EIR Main Line’ - ''see separate page'']]