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==Railways absorbed into EIR==
*[[Dildarnagar-Ghazipur-Trighat Branch Railway]], opened 1880. Branch line to EIR main line; worked by EIR.
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*[[Bhagalpur Badli Railway]], under construction 1907 for EIR
*[[Calcutta Chord Railway]], opened 1931-32. EIR link from Dum Dum to Dankuni over Willindon Bridge
*[[Dildarnagar-Ghazipur-Trighat Branch Railway]], opened 1880. Branch line to EIR main line.
*[[Howrah-Burdwan Chord Railway]], opened 1917. Part of EIR system
==Railways absorbed into EIR==
*[[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]], formed 1889 as private company, merged into EIR, 1925
*[[Deoghur Railway]], opened 1882. Short branch line linking important pilgrimage centre to main line, initally own agency; merged into EIR, 1911
*[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR), formed from [[Indian Branch Railway]](IBR); nationalised, 1889; merged into EIR, 1925
*[[Patna & Gaya State Railway]], opened before 1881. State line merged into EIR, c.1892
*[[Tarkessur Railway]], opened 1884-85. Worked by EIR; Merged into EIR 1915.
==Lines worked by EIR at some time==
*[[Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa Railway]], opened c.1914. Branch/Loop line extension to [[Hooghly-Katwa Railway]] worked by EIR.
*[[Central Indian Coalfields Railway]], opened 1927. [[Government of India |GoI]] owned; part worked by [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR); later amagamated with EIR.
*[[Hooghly-Katwa Railway]], opened c.1914. Branch/Loop line extension to [[Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa Railway]] worked by EIR.
*[[Jind-Panipat Railway]], opened 1916-17. Originally worked by EIR; later by [[North Western Railway]](NWR)
