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:-
Achalpur(Ellichpur)-Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway Owned by Central Provinces Railway Co(qv); known informally as 'Shakuntala Railway'
Murtajapur-Ellichpur Railway; see above - part of Achalpur-Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway; opened 1913-14
Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway; see above - part of Achalpur-Murtajapur-Yavatmal Railway; 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