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''' Great Indian Peninsula Railway  - Lines owned and worked'''


<blockquote>- a sub-section of the '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway ]] (GIPR) ''' page</blockquote>
The GIPR operated an extensive network of railways of broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]). In 1905 the route mileage was 1562 miles(2514km) and by 1918 was 2553 miles(4109km) divided into three sections ‘North East Division’, ‘South East Division’ and ‘Midland Division’ and their associated branches.
<br>he GIPR also managed, worked and maintained a number of lines on behalf of other parties.
Thie information below is mainly from the “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918" <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 10 Apr 2020</ref>
==GIPR North East Mainline== 
The ‘GIPR North East Mainline’ , from [[Bombay]] to [[Jubblepore]], 615 miles(990km), opened in stages from 1853, reaching [[Jubblupore]] in 1870
* ‘Bombay (Victoria Terminus) - Kalkan Section’; 1853-54, 33 miles(53km)
* ‘Kalkan - [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction |Thal Ghat (Igatpuri)]]  Section’; 1860-65,  52 miles(84km)
* ‘[[Thal Ghat Railway Construction |Thal Ghat (Igatpuri)]] - Jalagon Section’;  1861-63, 176 miles(283km)
* ‘Jalagon - Bhusaval Section’; 1863, 15 miles(24km)
* ‘Bhusaval -Khadwa Section’;1865-66,  77 miles(124km)
* ‘Khadwa - Jubblupore Section’; 1868-70, 262 miles(422km)
===GIPR North East Branches===
*[[GIPR Nagpur Branch|‘Nagpur Branch, NE line’]];  Bhusaval to Baderna  1863-65, to Nagpur 1867: 243 miles(391km)
* ‘Khamgaon Branch’ NE line’; Jalamb to Khamgaon , 1870, 8 miles(13km)
* ‘Amraoti Branch, NE line’;  Baderna to Amraoti , 1871,  5½ miles(9km)
* ‘Mohpani Branch, NE line’; Gadarvada to Mohpani , 1872; extended to Goitoria 1896 and to new coal-fields 1900, 14 miles(23km)
* ‘Jalagon - Alalner Branch, NE line’; Jalagon to Alalner,  1900, 34 miles(55km)
* ‘Chalisgaon - Dhulia Branch, NE line’; Chalisgaon to Dhulia , 1900, 35 miles56km)
* ‘Bombay Harbour Branch, NE line’;  1910, 6 miles(10km)
* ‘Itsari - Nagpur Branch, NE line’  Itsari to Parasia;  1913-15, 134 miles(216km); finally extended to Nagpur 1923-24 as part of ‘[[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]]’
* ‘Mahim Chord, NE line’; Ravali to Mahim, 1914, 1¼ miles(2km)
==GIPR South East Mainline== 
The ‘GIPR South East Mainline’ from [[Kalyan]] to [[Raichur]], 409 miles(658km), opened in stages from 1856, reaching [[Raichur]] in 1871.
* ‘Kalkan-[[ Bhore Ghat Railway Construction |‘Bhore Ghat (Khandala)]] Section’; 1856-63, 44 miles(71km)
* ‘[[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction |‘Bhore Ghat (Khandala)]] - Poona Section’; 1858, 42 miles(68km)
* ‘Poona - Barsi Junction Section’; 1858-59, 115 miles(185km)
* ‘Bersi Juction - Gulburga Section’; to  Sholapur, 1860, to Gulberga, 1870, 119 miles(192km)
* ‘Gulburga  - Raichur Section’, via [[Kistna Viaduct, Raichur(GIPR)|Kistna Viaduct]]; 1870-71, 89 miles(143km)
===GIPR South East Branches===
* ‘Khopoli Branch, SE line’;  Palasdhari(Padusdhurree)  to  Khopoli(Campoolie) 1856: 7¼ miles(12km). This section became a branch line on the opening of the [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] in 1863.
* ‘Manmad Branch, SE line’; Dhond to Manmad: 145 miles(233km)
==GIPR Midland Mainline== 
The ‘GIPR Midland Mainline’ from [[Bhopal]]  to [[Agra|Agra Cantonment]], 316 miles(509km), opened 1878-81, originally by the ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’.  The line was extended to connect to  the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] ‘(BB&CIR) at Agra in 1905 and the ‘[[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]’  in 1906, a further 3½ miles (6km).
* ‘Bhopal - Jhansi Section’ via Bina; 1880, 180 miles(290km)
* ‘Jhansi - Gwallior  Section’; 1880, 60 miles(97km)
* ‘Gwallior - Dholpur Section’; 1879-80, 40 miles(64km)
* ‘Dholpur-Agra Cantonment Section’; 1878, 36 miles(58km)
===GIPR Midland Branches===
* ‘Manikpur Branch’; 1889, 180 miles(290km)
* ‘Cawnpore Branch’; 1886-88, 136 miles(219km);  1907 a 3 mile(5km) branch to ‘Moth Quarry’.; 1915 a short connection line to the ‘[[Cawnpore Banda Railway]]’.
* ‘Bina-Saugur-Katni Branch’; 1889 to Saugur, 1898-99 to Katni, 162 miles(261km]. 1890 a short connection to ‘[[Bengal Nagpur Railway]]’(BNR) at Katni Murwara. 1899 a short connection to ‘[[East Indian Railway]]’(EIR) near Agra
==Railways absorbed into GIPR==
''Note these generally incorporated into the GIPR network above''
<br>''See separate pages for further information''
* ‘[[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]’, opened 1904. Constructed to provide extra capacity between Agra and Delhi; worked by GIPR
* ‘[[Allahabad-Jubbulpore line]]’, opened 1867. Built by [[East Indian Railway]](EIR); transferred to GIPR, 1925
* ‘[[Amraoti State Railway]], opened 1871.  Branch railway to Baderna on GIPR. Worked by GIPR and finally taken over.
* ‘[[Bina-Goona-Baran Railway]]’, opened 1895. Owned by State of Gwalior and Udaipur Durbar; worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); amalgamated into GIPR , 1900
* ‘[[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]]’; opened 1878. A 'chord' line connecting the GIPR  south-eastern main line to [[Madras]] with the GIPR north-eastern main line to [[Allahabad]], passed to GIPR 1880.
* ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’(IMR). State agency formed 1882 to work several branch lines centred on Jhansi, amalgamated into GIPR, 1900
** ‘[[Agra-Gwalior Railway]]’, opened 1881; Indian State line, owned by Gwallior Durbar, known as [[Scindia State Railway]], working taken over by IMR 1885; then in 1900 becoming part of GIPR 'Midland Section Mainline'.
** ‘[[Cawnpore-Kalpi-Jhansi Railway]]’, opened  1886. Line completed 1888 by IMR.
**’[[Bhopal State Railway]]’ opened 1884.  Indian State line, initially worked by IMR as Bhopal-Itarsi (Indian State Section).
** ‘[[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]]’, opened 1882. State(British) Section; worked by IMR, 1885.
** ‘[[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]]’, opened c.1895. Indian State line worked by IMR.
** ‘[[Bina-Katni Railway]]’, opened 1889. Part of IMR.
** ‘ [[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]]’, opened 1878. A 'chord' line connecting GIPR main lines; constructed by [[Government of India |GoI]] and handed to GIPR, 1880.
** ‘[[Jhansi-Bina Bhopal Railway]]’, opened 1889. Part of IMR.
**  ‘[[Jhansi-Gwallior and Katni Railway]]’, opened 1889. Part of IMR.
** ‘[[Jhansi-Konch-Kalpi Railway]]’, opened 1886. Part of IMR.
** ‘[[Jhansi-Manikpore State Railway]]’, opened 1889. Part of IMR.
** ‘[[Kunch- Madhggarh Railway]]’. Project in 1906 by IMR/GIPR as extension to ‘[[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]]’
==Lines worked by GIPR at some time - alphabetical order==
* ‘[[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]]’ opened 189?. Indian State line initially worked by  ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’(IMR); then worked by GIPR
* ‘[[Ambaji-Taranga Light Railway]]’, opened 1919-20.  Unassisted Company formed 1917; apparantly worked by GIPR
* ‘[[Baran-Kotah Railway]]’, opened 1908.  Worked by GIPR , 1909
* ‘[[Cawnpore-Banda Railway]]’, opened 1913-14. Worked by GIPR , 1914
* ‘[[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]]’(CPR). A British owned company, formed 1910, operating a group of NG lines; all worked by GIPR ; under [[Government of India |GoI]] management, 1925
** ‘[[Darwha-Pusad Railway]],’ opened 1931. Part of CPR
** ‘[[Dhond-Baramati Railway]]’, opened 1914-15. Part of CPR
** ‘[[Ellichpur-Murtazapur-Yeotmal Railway]],’ opened first section opened as ‘Yavatmal Murtijapur Railway’ 1903, extended to Ellichpur 1913 . Known informally as ‘[[Shakuntala Railway]]’. Part of CPR 
** ‘[[Pachora-Jamner Light Railway]]’, opened 1919. Part of CPR
**[[Pulgaon-Arvi Railway]], opened 1917-18. Part of CPR
* ‘[[Gwalior Light Railway]]’, opened 1899. Owned by State of Gwalior; worked by GIPR; renamed ‘[[Scindia State Railway]]’ 1944
** ‘[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]]’, opened 1932. Part of ‘[[Gwalior Light Railway]]’
* ‘[[Khamagaon-Jalna Railway]]’. The date of opening of the railway is not known; the railway was under consideration in 1906.
* ‘[[Khamgaon Branch Railway]]’. Short branchline of 12km between Jalamb and Khamgaon; worked by GIPR. The date of opening of the railway is not known.
* ‘[[Salsette Trombay Railway]]’, opened 1928. Operated by GIPR, closed 1934
** ‘[[Kurla-Trombay Railway]]’, opened 1928. Part of [[Salsette Trombay Railway]]; worked by GIPR
* ‘[[Nizam's Railway]]’, opened 1874. Worked by GIPR until 1878; then by [[Government of India |GoI]]; became ‘[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], 1886
* ‘[[Pench Valley Coalfield Railway]]’, opened 1913. Private Branch Line to [[Itarsi-Nagpur Railway]]; worked by GIPR
* ‘[[Wardha Valley Railway]]’, opened 1874. Worked by GIPR, also called ‘Wardha Coal Railway’
* ‘[[Wardha-Warora Railway]]’, opened. Opened in 1877, managed by GIPR by 1905
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]

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