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|caption=East Indian Railway device | |caption=East Indian Railway device | ||
|date1= | |date1= '''1880''' | ||
|date1details= | |date1details= EIR re-formed to work line now owned by State | ||
|date2= | |date2= '''1925''' | ||
|date2details= | |date2details= Management of system taken over by State | ||
|date3= | |date3= | ||
|date3details= | |date3details= | ||
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|date5= | |date5= | ||
|date5details= | |date5details= | ||
|company1=''' | |company1= '''1880''' | ||
|company1details= [[ | |company1details= [[East Indian Railway]] | ||
|company2= | |company2= '''1889''' | ||
|company2details= [[ | |company2details= [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]] | ||
|company3= | |company3= | ||
|company3details= [[South Behar Railway]] | |company3details= [[South Behar Railway]] | ||
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|company4details= [[Tarkessur Railway]] | |company4details= [[Tarkessur Railway]] | ||
|company5= | |company5= | ||
|company5details= | |company5details= [[Jind-Palipat Railway]] | ||
|company6= | |company6= '''1925''' | ||
|company6details= | |company6details= [[Oudh and Rohilkhand]] merged into EIR | ||
|company7= | |company7= | ||
|company7details= | |company7details= | ||
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|headquarters= [[Calcutta]] | |headquarters= [[Calcutta]] | ||
|workshop= [[Jamalpur]], [[Liluah]] | |workshop= [[Jamalpur]], [[Liluah]] | ||
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Benares]], [[Howrah | |stations= [[Agra]], [[Benares]], [[Howrah]], [[Patna]] | ||
|successor1= '''1947''' | |successor1= '''1947''' | ||
|successor1details= Eastern Division, Indian Railways | |successor1details= Eastern Division, Indian Railways | ||
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{{Line Railways Infobox | {{Line Railways Infobox | ||
|image=Eir_device.gif | |image= Eir_device.gif | ||
|caption=East Indian Railway device | |caption= ''East Indian Railway device'' | ||
|description= [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]] | |description= [[Howrah]] ([[Calcutta]]) to [[Delhi]] | ||
[[Allahabad]] to [[Jubbulpore]] | [[Allahabad]] to [[Jubbulpore]] | ||
|gauge1= Broad gauge | |gauge1= '''Broad gauge''' | ||
|gauge1details= 1962 miles (1905) | |gauge1details= 1962 miles (1905) | ||
|gauge2= | |gauge2= | ||
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|gauge4= | |gauge4= | ||
|gauge4details= | |gauge4details= | ||
|date1= ''' | |date1= '''1849''' | ||
|date1details= | |date1details= Guarantee agreed with [[East India Company]] | ||
|date2=''' | |date2= '''1851''' | ||
|date2details= | |date2details= Construction begun | ||
|date3=''' | |date3= '''1854'''<br>'''1867'''<br>'''1871''' | ||
|date3details= First train between Howrah and Hooghly<br>First through train to Delhi<br>First through train to Bombay via Jubbalpore | |||
|date4= | |||
|date3details= | |date4details= | ||
|date4= | |date5= '''1880''' | ||
|date4details= | |date5details= Line acquired by State | ||
|date5= | |||
|date5details= | |||
|presidency= [[Bengal]] | |presidency= [[Bengal]] | ||
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Benares]], [[ | |stations= [[Agra]], [[Benares]], [[Hooghly]], [[Mirzapur]], [[Patna]] | ||
|successor1= | |successor1= '''1880''' | ||
|successor1details= | |successor1details= worked by East Indian Railway Company | ||
|successor2= | |successor2= | ||
|successor2details= | |successor2details= | ||
Revision as of 00:55, 9 December 2008
| East Indian Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
 East Indian Railway device | ||
| System timeline | ||
| Constituent companies / lines | ||
| 1880 | East Indian Railway | |
| 1889 | Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway | |
| South Behar Railway | ||
| Tarkessur Railway | ||
| Jind-Palipat Railway | ||
| 1925 | Oudh and Rohilkhand merged into EIR | |
| Key locations | ||
| Headquarters | Calcutta | |
| Workshops | Jamalpur, Liluah | |
| Major Stations | Agra, Benares, Howrah, Patna | |
| Successor system / organisation | ||
| System mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 2225 miles (1905) | |
| Associated auxiliary force | ||
| East Indian Railway Regiment | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
| East Indian Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
East Indian Railway device | ||
| Line of route | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Broad gauge | 1962 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bengal | |
| Stations | Agra, Benares, Hooghly, Mirzapur, Patna | |
| System agency | ||
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
Built on the same terms and conditions as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR), the East Indian Railway (EIR) was a British company, registered in London, privately owned and financed, operating under license and guarantee from the (British) Board of Control in India and the East India Company (EIC).
By 1859, the arrangements were "the construction and working of lines from Calcutta to Delhi, and from Allahabad to Juppulpore - total, about 1,400 miles. Capital - 12,731,000l. This amount has been sanctioned for the works specified, but it is probable that a larger sum will be required. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent. on 11,553,000l. capital; 4½ per cent. on 1,178,000l. debentures, convertible into shares." (1)
Characteristics
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 1935, the Jamalpur Workshops along with the entire railway colony was destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuild.
The Government of India (GoI) acquired the assets of the EIR on 31 December 1879 while leaving the management to the private company. The GoI took over the direct running of the EIR on 1 January 1925. In 1952. the EIR was merged with the Bengal-Nagpur Railway (BNR) to form Indian Railways' Eastern Railway. In 1955, BNR was demerged to form South East Railway.
Records
The following are held in the India Office Records at the British Library.
- L/AG/46/11/133-137 : Contracts of appointment, c1858-1925 (possibly not all included)
The above is indexed in
- Z/L/AG/46 : Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.
- L/AG/46/11/138-141 : Half-yearly staff lists, 1861-1890 & 1911-1922 (giving ages from 1886)
External Links
Science & Society Picture Library
Notes
(1) "Money Market and City Intelligence", The Times, Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.