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'Indian Railways' - In 1952, the EIR was split to form two zones Zones of [[Indian Railways]]. The :-<br>‘[[Northern Railway]]’comprised the EIR Moradabad, Lucknow & Allahabad Division was subsuned into Divisions, which were added to other railways to form the [[Northern Railway| ‘Northern Railway Zone’ - ''see separate page'']] while <br>‘[[Eastern Railway]]’ ’comprised the EIR Howhah, Asanol and Dinapore Divisions, which were added to to other railways to form the remainder [[Eastern Railway| ‘Eastern Railway Zone’ - ''see separate page'']] ==Stations==‘Howrah Railway Station’ was merged with the terminus of the ‘[[Bengal-Nagpur East Indian Railway]] ’ (BNREIR) from the time of the inaugural train on 15 Aug 1854. [[Howrah]] was connected to form [[Eastern RailwayCalcutta]]. This latter merger was not considered a success ascrossing the Hooghly River first by boat then, from the early 1870’s by the [[Howrah Floating Bridge and Howrah Bridge| ‘Howrah Floating Bridge’ and finally in 1955, BNR was demerged to form 1943 by the ‘Howrah Bridge’ ''- see separate page'']]* [[Agra_Railways_%26_Stations#Agra_Stations| ‘Agra Stations’]]* [[Cawnpore_Railways_and_Stations#Cawnpore_Stations| ‘Cawnpore Stations’]]* [[Delhi_Railways_%26_Stations#Delhi_Stations| ‘Delhi Stations’]]* [[South Eastern RailwayHowrah_Railway_Station| ‘Howrah Station’]].
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/148209 ''The Early History Of The East Indian Railway''] by Hena Mukherjee 1960. Pdf download, Digital Library of India
===Published books===
*Mukherjee, Hena. ''The Early History of the East Indian Railway 1845-1879''. Published by Firma KLM Private Limited, Calcutta 1994.
*"[http://www.easternrailwaysealdah.gov.in/WEBForm/ERSC.aspx?action=HT ''Symphony of Progress: The Saga of Eastern Railway 1854-2003'' published by the Eastern Railway in Kolkata 2003]. website of Eastern Railway, Sealdah
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[[Allahabad]] to [[Jubbulpore]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 1962 miles (1905)<br>2775 miles (1918<br>4217 miles (1937)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|timeline5details= Line acquired by State
|presidency= [[Bengal]]
|stations= '''[[Agra]]''', [[Benares]], '''[[Cawnpore]]''', '''[[Delhi]]''', '''[[Howrah]]''', [[Hooghly]], [[Mirzapur]], [[Patna]]''See also heading '''Stations''' for major stations marked'' '''bold'''
|system1date= 1880
|system1details= worked by East Indian Railway Company
Progressive development of the EIR network continued such that by 1918 there was over 2400 miles (3840km) of broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) track.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 53-61]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
The Government of India (GoI ) took over the direct running of the EIR on 1 January 1925. Six divisions of the EIR were created:- Howhah, Asanol & Dinapore known as the lower divisions; Moradabad, Lucknow & Allahabad, the upper divisions.
==Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Workshops ==
*The first workshops to build [[EIR Locomotive Workshops|EIR Locomotives]], and [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop|EIR Carriages and Wagons]] were established in [[Howrah]] and operational in the mid 1850’s.
*In 1862, the [[EIR Locomotive Workshops]] at [[Jamalpur]] were completed leaving the [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop]] at [[Howrah]].
*By 1900 the new [[EIR Carriage and Wagon Workshop]] at [[Lillooah]] (3Km up line from Howrah) was established.
*On 15 January 1934, the [[EIR Locomotive Workshops|Jamalpur Locomotive Workshops]], along with the entire railway colony, were destroyed by an earthquake. It took 3 years to rebuild the facility.
==EIR Collieries and Coal Supplies==
''See separate pages''
* ‘[[Giridih District EIR Colliery Railways|EIR owned Collieries in Giridih District]]’ comprising:-
** ‘Kurhurbaree Colliery’
** ‘Seramphore Colliery’
* ‘[[Bokaro_Ramgarh_Coalfields_Railways#Joint_Collieries|Bokaro Joint Coalfield]]’, the EIR worked jointly with the ‘[[Bengal-Nagpur Railway]]’(BNR)
* ‘[[Bokaro_Ramgarh_Coalfields_Railways#Joint_Collieries| Sawang Joint Coalfield]]’, the EIR worked jointly with the BNR
* ‘[[ Central Indian Coalfields Railway]]’ , was owned by the Government of India until 1926 when absorbed into the EIR System, in addition to the above it served the following State Collieries:-
** ‘[[South Karanpura Coalfield]]’
** ‘[[North Karanpura Coalfield]]’
** ‘[[Bhurkunda Colliery]]’
** ‘[[Bokaro_Ramgarh_Coalfields_Railways#The_Coalfields|Ramgarh Coalfield]]’
** ‘[[Kargali Colliery]]’
== Organisation ==
*BG Lines worked by EIR at some time
*BG Lines - EIR network expansion lines
==EIR Bridges and Tunnels==
See <big>'''[[East Indian Railway - Bridges and Tunnels]]'''</big>
==Records==
The above is indexed in
*'''Z/L/AG/46''' "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways (1849-1925)"
*'''FIBIS database''' [http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1989&s_id=1068 List of Indian Railways UK Contracted Staff taken from IOR Series L/AG/46/12].
The following is not included in the index Z/L/AG/46.
==FIBIS resources==
*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_dataset&id=1989&s_id=1068 List of Indian Railways UK Contracted Staff taken from IOR Series L/AG/46/11]. FIBIS database*[http://searchfibis.fibisourarchives.org/frontisonline/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=839&s_id=243 Index to V/13/244 East Indian Railway Staff List 1914]FIBIS database
*"The Indian Railways and a dynasty of Pearce's (1855 to 1930)", ''[[FIBIS Journal]]'', Spring 2011, Number 25 page 13-16.
*"The Walsh Family and the Cawnpore Massacre" by Paddy Walsh ''FIBIS Journal Number 31 (Spring 2014)'' pages 3-15.
*George Huddleston, [http://www.archive.org/stream/historyeastindi00huddgoog#page/n9/mode/1up ''History of the East Indian Railway''] (Calcutta: Thacker, Spink & Co, 1906). Archive.org. [A second part, published in 1939, took the history to 1924.]
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/bengalassambehar00playuoft#page/358/mode/2up/ "The East Indian Railway"], page 358 from ''Bengal and Assam, Behar and Orissa: their history, people, commerce and industrial resources'' by Somerset Playne and J W Bond 1917 Archive.org
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Guaranteed Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
