Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd

Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd (CPR)

A British owned company operating a group of narrow gauge lines; all worked by Great Indian Peninsular Railway (GIPR), under Government of India (GOI) management from 1925. Killick, Nixon and Company, set up in 1857, created the Central Provinces Railway Company (CPR) to act as its agents.

The group of lines operated by CPR comprising:-

• Ellichpur-Murtazapur-Yeotmal Railway Owned by Central Provinces Railway Co(qv); known informally as Shakuntala Railway. First section from Murtazapur to Yeotmal opened 1903; section from Murtajapur to Ellichpur opened 1913-14
• Dhond-Baramati Railway; opened 1914-15
• Pulgaon-Arvi Railway; opened 1917-18
• Pachora-Jamner Light Railway; opened 1919
• Darwha-Pusad Railway; opened 1931