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'Great Indian Peninsula Railway Bridges and Constructions' sub heading and link added |
‘Stations Infobox’ and ‘Stations’ heading revised |
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|headquarters= [[Bombay]] | |headquarters= [[Bombay]] | ||
|workshop= ''see also'' [[GIPR Railway Workshops]] <br>[[Parel]] (BG), [[Bhusawal]], [[Harda]], [[Igatpuri]], [[Lonauli]], [[Jhansi]], [[Jubbulpore]], [[Bhusawal]] | |workshop= ''see also'' [[GIPR Railway Workshops]] <br>[[Parel]] (BG), [[Bhusawal]], [[Harda]], [[Igatpuri]], [[Lonauli]], [[Jhansi]], [[Jubbulpore]], [[Bhusawal]] | ||
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Ahmadnagar]], [[Akola]], [[Amraoti]], [[Banda]], [[Bhopal]], [[Bhusawal]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Chanda]], [[Delhi]], [[Dholpur]], [[Gwalior]], [[Hotgi]], [[Itarsi]], [[Jhansi]], [[Jubbulpore]], [[Khandwa]], [[Muttra]], [[Nagpur]], [[ | |stations= ''' [[Agra]] ''', [[Ahmadnagar]], [[Akola]], [[Amraoti]], [[Banda]], [[Bhopal]], [[Bhusawal]], ''' [[Bombay]]''' , '''[[Cawnpore]]''', [[Chanda]], ''' [[Delhi]] ''', [[Dholpur]], [[Gwalior]], [[Hotgi]], [[Itarsi]], [[Jhansi]], [[Jubbulpore]], [[Khandwa]], [[Muttra]], [[Nagpur]], [[Narsinghpur]], [[Poona]], [[Raichur]], [[Saugor]], [[Wadi]] | ||
''See also heading '''Stations''' for major stations marked'' '''bold''' | |||
|system1date= 1951 | |system1date= 1951 | ||
|system1details= [[Central Railway]] (IR zone) | |system1details= [[Central Railway]] (IR zone) | ||
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===Stations=== | ===Stations=== | ||
Bombay's [[Bombay Victoria Terminus Construction Railway|Victoria Terminus]] was both the principal station and GIPR's HQ; designed by [[architect]] Frederick William Stevens. [[Bombay Victoria Terminus Construction Railway|Victoria Terminus Construction]] commenced in 1878, it opened on Queen Victoria's 1887 Golden Jubilee and completed in 1888. | |||
[[Image:Victoria Terminus. G I P Ry, Bombay.JPG|right|thumb|320px|''Victoria Terminus, GIPR, Bombay'']] | [[Image:Victoria Terminus. G I P Ry, Bombay.JPG|right|thumb|320px|''Victoria Terminus, GIPR, Bombay'']] | ||
See separate pages for details of the Stations and Rail System into the following major Cities:- | |||
* [[Agra_Railways_%26_Stations#Agra_Stations| ‘Agra Stations’]] | |||
* [[Bombay_Victoria_Terminus_Construction_Railway| ‘Bombay Victoria Terminus’]] | |||
* [[Cawnpore_Railways_and_Stations#Cawnpore_Stations| ‘Cawnpore Stations’]] | |||
* [[Delhi_Railways_%26_Stations#Delhi_Stations| ‘Delhi Stations’]] | |||
===Bombay Dock Railways=== | ===Bombay Dock Railways=== | ||