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'Indian Railways' - In 1952, the EIR was split to form two zones Zones of [[Indian Railways]]. The Moradabad, Lucknow & Allahabad Division was subsuned into :-<br>‘[[Northern Railway]] while ’comprised the remainder was merged with EIR Moradabad, Lucknow & Allahabad Divisions, which were added to other railways to form the [[BengalNorthern Railway| ‘Northern Railway Zone’ -Nagpur Railway''see separate page'']] (BNR) to form <br>‘[[Eastern Railway]]. This latter merger was not considered a success as’ ’comprised the EIR Howhah, in 1955Asanol and Dinapore Divisions, BNR was demerged which were added to to other railways to form the [[South Eastern Railway| ‘Eastern Railway Zone’ - ''see separate page'']].
→History: 1925 and 1952 rewritten for clarity
Progressive development of the EIR network continued such that by 1918 there was over 2400 miles (3840km) of broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) track.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 53-61]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
The Government of India (GoI ) took over the direct running of the EIR on 1 January 1925. Six divisions of the EIR were created:- Howhah, Asanol & Dinapore known as the lower divisions; Moradabad, Lucknow & Allahabad, the upper divisions.
==Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Workshops ==
