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The continued slow pace and high cost of railway construction during the 1860s convinced the then Viceroy, Sir John Lawrence, that [[metre gauge]] offered significant advantages over [[broad gauge]], such that the speed of laying track could be increased while driving down its cost. Also, that the only way to resolve the lack of risk capital was by direct Government involvement. Thus emerged the concept of the '''State RailwayRailways Listing''' in the early 1870s - planned, built and run by the Government of India (GOI)individual railways are listed below in alphabetical order.
Annual figures for track mileage constuction began to increase but further famines during the late 1870s (which struck at the GOIFor 'Background's ability to raise taxes) and the cost of the Second Afghan War again highlighted the need for further change. Once more, the British Government in Westminster sought to attract [[:Category:Private Railways|private capital]], and, if that failed, to provide [[:Category:Assisted Railways|direct assistance]]. At the same time, and in an effort to reduce the load general information on these state-owned but privately worked railways which dominated the Imperial budget, the GOI began to encourage the various independent Princely States to come forward with their own period 1880-1925 see '''[[:Category:Indian States State Railways|railway schemes]].'''
In one sense, all the railways in British India could be said to be 'assisted'. From the first experimental lines, the GOI provided all the land needed for the trackbed once a projected line had ==Personnel==Where it has been surveyed and agreed possible to. In return for this concession, identify the GOI had insisted most significant personnel engaged on a contractual clause allowing individual State Railways they are listed under the GOI to assume ownership after 25 years"Personnel" heading on each individual railway page. <blockquote> ''The East Indian Railway's agreement was due for renewal in 1874 but extended for five years. When it fell due again in 1879, the GOI exercised its option to acquire the line but chose "Personnel" listing is not to pass the operation of the line to the Railway Branch. Instead it caused the EIR to be re-formed as a management company complete and promptly contracted the new company to operate the EIRongoing. Thus was born the state-owned but privately worked railway ''</blockquote> For general guidance on tracing "Personnel" which dominated the period 1880-1925.are not listed see '''[[State Railways]]''' [[Category:Railways]]
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