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The principal economic benefit of the GIPR was the opening up of the interior to Port and City of [[Bombay]]. The narrow coastal plain of India's west side is separated from the Deccan plateau by a mountain range, the Western Ghats which rises to 3,900 feet(1200m) and which has always restricted internal communication with the Arabian Sea.
The challenge was to create two lines through the Western Ghats, one to the north-east and one to the south-east, these  were fully open by 1865 in time for cotton from the Deccan to be exported from Bombay to Manchester thus filling the trade gap created by the American Civil War. The lines were exteded to link Bombay to Calcutta and Madras by 1870.
== History ==
*1845. Registered as a company in 1845, with its head office in London, the Great Indian Peninsula railway initially proposed a length of 1300 miles, to connect Bombay with the interior of the Indian peninsula and to a major port on the east coast. It was meant for the purpose of increasing the export of cotton, silk, opium, sugar and spices <ref name=GIPR>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway:_1845_Company_Registration Grace's Guide " GIPR 1945 Company Registration] Retrieved on 3 Jul 2016</ref>
*1849, at the urging of the Governor, Lord Dalhousie,  the East Indian Company(EIC) sanctioned the construction of a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway eastward from [[Bombay]] and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was incorporated on August 1, 1849 by an act of the British Parliament. It had a share capital of 50,000 pounds. On August 17, 1849 it entered into a formal contract with the EIC for the construction and operation of an experimental line, 35 miles(56 km) long. The Court of Directors of the EIC appointed [[James John Berkeley]] as Chief Resident Engineer and [[Charles Buchanan Ker]] and [[Robert W Graham]] as his assistants <ref name=GIPR>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway  Grace's Guide "Great Indian Peninsula Railway"] Retrieved on 3 Jul 2016</ref>
*1859, GIPR was tasked with "the construction and working of the following lines, all of which terminate at Bombay, - viz. from Bombay, ''via'' Callian, to Jubbulpore, to meet the East Indian Railway Company's line from Allahabad, with branches to Mahim and Nagpore - 870 miles; and from Callian, ''via'' Poonah and Sholapore, to the opposite side of the river Kristna, to meet the line, ''via'' Bellary, from Madras - 366 miles - total, 1,236 miles. Capital 10,000,000''l''l. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent. on 8,000,000''l''. capital, and 4½ per cent. on 333,000''l''. debentures, the balance to be raised upon arrangements to be hereafter made." <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'',  Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref> <ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf  H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012";  pages  128-130 paragraphs 3.57 - 3.64] Retrieved on 2 3 Jul 2016</ref>
'''Bombay - [[Callian]]''' - 33.5 miles(54km)
*1850-51, the first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851
*1853 April 16. A train, with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests, left [[Bombay]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled by three locomotives: ''Sindh, Sultan,'' and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile(34km) journey took an hour and fifteen minutes, it was the first section of the GIPR to be opened and the first railway for passenger service in India.
*1854, the railway bridge over the Thane creek was opened and on 1 May 1954 the section of the line from  [[Thane]] to [[Callian]] (later named Kalyan) was opened, the construction involved a two-line [[Tannah Viaduct]] over the estuary and two tunnels. The  was the first substantial railway bridge to be constructed in India and connected Bombay Island to the mainland.
'''North-East Line''' - [[Bombay]] via [[Callian]] and [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat]] to [[Jubblepore]] - 615 miles(990km)
The GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John Berkeley]]'s proposal was to form a grand trunk communication by the north-eastern mainline between [[Bombay]] and [[Calcutta]],
*1861, [[Callian]] (later named [[Kalyan]]) to [[Kasara]] section opened, a further  42 miles(68 km)<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway Graces Guide "Great Indian Peninsula Railway - 1865"]; Retrieved 3 Jul 2016</ref>  rising to an altitude of 948 feet(289m) above sea level at [[Kasara]] at the approach to the [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat]]
*1857-65. [[Kasara]] to [[Igatpuri]] section was 9.5 miles(15km) and within that distance the line had to rise to 1,918 feet(585m). The '''[[Thal Ghat Railway Construction]]''' was a major project to take the GIPR mainline across the Western Ghats towards Jubblepores. The construction required 13 tunnels, 6 viaducts, including the [[Ehagaon Viaduct]]; cuttings; embankments; 15 bridges and culverts and the Reversing Station.
*1861-65, [[Igatpuri]]-[[Jalgaon]]-[[Bhusawal]] progressivly opened. From [[Bhusawal]] construction of the GIPR [[Nagpur]] Branch from 1863-1867. 
*1865, with completion of [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat]] the mainline from Bombay reached [[Khandwar]].
*1867, [[Nagpur]] Branch opened.
*1868 July, [[Robert Maitland Brereton]], GIPR Chief Engineer was given responsibility for completing the connection between [[Bhusawal]] and [[Jubbulpore]] which he completed many months ahead of schedule  <ref name>[http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/8th-day/the-opening-of-the-mumbai-to-kolkata-railway/141013.html#SL3vjC1hEy3Vmu3P.99 The Statesman, New Delhi "The opening of the Mumbai to Kolkata railway by Michael Sandford, May 9 2016]; Retrieved  3 Jul 2016</ref>.
*1870 March 8. The [[Alfred Viaduct]] was inaugurated and named after the Duke of Edinburgh (Alfred Ernest Albert) who was visiting India and travelled by East Indian Railway from Calcutta. The Viceroy and the Governor of Bombay, Sir Fitzgerald Seymour had come from Bombay. With the opening of the GIPR North-Eastern Line the connection at [[Jubbulpore]] to the [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR)  completed Dalhousie’s dream of a Bombay-Calcutta route. 
'''South-East Line''' - [[Callian]] via [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] and [[Poona]] to meet the [[Madras Railway]] - 409 miles(658km)
*1856 May, the line was extended to  the villages of Padusdhurree (present day Palasdhari) and to Campoolie (present day Khopoli)  <ref name=wiki> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#Bombay_to_Tannah Wikipedia “Great Indian Peninsula Railway”]; Retrieved  25 June 2016</ref> at the approach to the [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]]. 
*1856-63, the '''[[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction]]''' was a major engineering challenge to take the GIPR mainline across the Western Ghats towards Madras. The construction involved an incline length of 15 miles(24km), 26 tunnels (totalling 2.25 miles(3.6km) in length), and 8 viaducts of masonry construction.
*1858, the line from [[Khandala]] to  [[Poona]] section was opened to traffic  <ref name=wiki/> , this section included the  [[Dapoorie Viaduct]]
*1858-63, during this period, the 21 km gap to [[Khandala]] was covered by palanquin, pony or cart through the village of Campoolie <ref name=wiki/>. 
*1863, [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] completed the mainline was through to [[Poona]](now called Pune) and [[Sholapore]](Solapur)
[[Image:India-rail-1870.jpg|right|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]]
*1870, the [[Kistna Viaduct, Raichur(GIPR)|Kisna Viaduct]] was opened and [[Raichur]] was reached in May 1871  <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  pages 64-68, pdf pages 73-77]; Retrieved 23 Jul 2016</ref> where it joined the [[Madras Railway]] to link to [[Madras]] <ref name=GIPR/>.
'''Progress from 1870'''
*With the completion of the GIPR mainlines the three Presidency Capitals of Bombay, Madras and Calcutta were linked. The length of the route opened was then 1483 miles/2388 km <ref name=GIPR/>.
*1900 June 30, the assets of the GIPR were purchased by the GoI and merged with those of the [[Indian Midland Railway]] into a "new" GIPR, managed by the old company.
*The GIPR continued to expand its network with the addition of 'Branch Lines', 'Absorbsion' of certain railways and 'Working Agreements' on other railways ''(see lists that follow)''
*1918 Administration Report on Indian Railways gives the GIPR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line length as 2668 miles(4293km); and including 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines, a total of 3441 miles(5331km) <ref name=Admin/>
*1925 Jan 1, the GoI took over direct control of the GIPR and transferred the [[Allahabad]] to [[Jubbulpore]] branch of the [[East Indian Railway|EIR]] to the GIPR.
*1951.The GIPR combined with the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], the [[Dholpur State Railway]] and the [[Scindia State Railway]] to become [[Central Railway]], a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
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*'''Civil Engineers''':
**Robert Stephenson <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Robert_Stephenson Grace's Guide "Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)"]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>, Consulting Engineer GIPR, based in England, 1849- until his death 1859 <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q4SlCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Robert+Stephenson+Bhore+Ghat&source=bl&ots=7dGlQJ7foQ&sig=a2esG2lQXc-07Gm8QH_wqswbHG8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiQ6uCh5MDNAhVMK8AKHY-uA_QQ6AEIQTAG#v=onepage&q=Robert%20Stephenson%20Bhore%20Ghat&f=false Google Books "The Making of India: The Untold Story of British Enterprise by Kartar Lalvani, page 162]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>
**Arthur Anderson West, Consultant Engineer 1847 - 1867, (surveyor of the Bhore Gate Incline) <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17526  Institution of Civil Engineers Obituary "Arthur Anderson West 1827-1913"]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>
**[[James John Berkeley]], GIPR Chief Engineer, 1849 - 1862 (surveyor and route designer)
**[[Charles Buchanan Ker]], GIPR 2nd Engineer 1850 - 
**[[Robert W Graham]], GIPR 3rd Engineer 1850 -
**[[Robert Maitland Brereton]], Assistant Engineer
**GIPR Engineers: Messrs Adamson and Clowser, replaced by Messrs West and Tate in November 1859.
*'''Construction Contractors'''
**1855, The contract was awarded to William Frederick Faviell and work begun at Bhore Ghat on 24 January 1856 <ref name=Thana>[http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay05enthgoog#page/n343/mode/2up The Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency "Thana District" page 329.], 'page 329. Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>.
**In  March 1859, Faviell gave up his contract; for a short time, two GIPR engineers, Swainson Adamson and George Louis Clowser, carried on the work <ref name=Thana/>.
**The GIPR construction contract was relet in November 1859 to Solomon Tredwell who died within fifteen days of landing in India. His wife, Alice Tredwell, assumed the contract and appointed Messrs Adamson and Clowser to manage the contract for her in her absence, as Mrs Tredwell returned to England. This arrangement was to last seven years <ref name=Thana/>.
**Adamson and Clowser "carried on the work with the greatest zeal and ability. "Labour management could limit construction progress, but “by their good and liberal management (Adamson and Clowser) collected and kept on the work a force of 25,000 men during two seasons, and in 1861 of more than 42,000 men” <ref name=Thana/>.
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*1910 [[John Edwin Dallas]] became Managing Director of the GIPR Company in London. Prior to his retirement from the Indian [[Public Works Department]] his final position was Senior Government Inspector of Railways <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.163 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers"] Retrieved on 17 May 2016</ref>.
== References ==
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