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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 19351934, the workshops along with the entire railway colony were destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuild the facility.
The Government of India (GoI) acquired the assets of the EIR on 31 December 1879 while leaving the management to the private company.
In 1952, the EIR was split to form two zones of [[Indian Railways]]. The Moradabad, Lucknow & Allahabad Division was subsuned into [[Northern Railway]] while the remainder was merged with the [[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]] (BNR) to form [[Eastern Railway]]. This latter merger was not considered a success as, in 1955, BNR was demerged to form [[South Eastern Railway]].
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