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== History == Formed in 1845, it was not until 1849 (at the urging The principal economic benefit of the then Governor, Lord Dalhousie) that the EIC sanctioned the GIPR to construct an experimental line, built to was the broad gauge opening up of 5' 6", eastward from Bombay. The first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851, but the first passenger train in India did not run until 16 April 1853, when a train, with 14 railway carriages interior to Port and 400 guests, left City of [[Bombay]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled . The narrow coastal plain of India's west side is separated from the Deccan plateau by three locomotives: ''Sindha mountain range, Sultanthe Western Ghats which rises to 3,'' 900 feet(1200m) and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile journey took an hour and fifteen minutes over the first section of which has always restricted internal communication with the GIPR to be openedArabian Sea.
By 1859, GIPR The challenge was tasked with "to create two lines through the construction and working of the following lines, all of which terminate at Bombay, - viz. from Bombay, ''via'' Callian, to JubbulporeWestern Ghats, one to meet the East Indian Railway Company's line from Allahabad, with branches to Mahim and Nagpore north- 870 miles; east and from Callian, ''via'' Poonah and Sholapore, one to the opposite side of the river Kristna, to meet the line, ''via'' Bellarysouth-east, these were fully open by 1865 in time for cotton from Madras - 366 miles - total, 1,236 miles. Capital 10,000,000''l''l. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent. on 8,000,000''l''. capital, and 4½ per cent. on 333,000''l''. debentures, the balance Deccan to be raised upon arrangements exported from Bombay to be hereafter madeManchester thus filling the trade gap created by the American Civil War."<ref>"Money Market The lines were exteded to link Bombay to Calcutta and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref><ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 128-130 paragraphs 3.57 - 3Madras by 1870.64] Retrieved on 2 January 2016</ref>
On 1 July 1925'''Bombay - [[Callian]]''' - 33.5 miles(54km)*1850-51, the GoI first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851*1853 April 16. A train, with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests, left [[Bombay]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled by three locomotives: ''Sindh, Sultan,'' and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile(34km) journey took over direct control an hour and fifteen minutes, it was the first section of the GIPR to be opened and transferred the first railway for passenger service in India.*1853-54, the continuation of the line from [[AllahabadThane]] to [[JubbulporeCallian]] branch (later named [[Kalyan]]) was the first contact awarded to [[Messrs. Wythes and Jackson, Construction Contractors|Messrs. Wythes and Jackson]] <ref name=GGW&J>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Wythes_and_Jackson Grace's Guide "Wythes and Jackson"]; Retrieved 6 Jul 2016</ref>. This section of the line involved a railway bridge over the Thane creek and the two-line [[East Indian Railway|EIRTannah Viaduct]] over the estuary and two tunnels. This viaduct was the first substantial railway bridge to be constructed in India and connected Bombay Island to the GIPRmainland and opened and on 1 May 1854.
In 1951, the GIPR combined with the '''North-East Line''' - [[Nizam's Guaranteed State RailwayBombay]], the via [[Dholpur State RailwayCallian]] and the [[Scindia State Thal Ghat RailwayConstruction|Thal Ghat]] to become [[Central Railway]], a zone of [[Indian RailwaysJubbulpore]].- 615 miles(990km)
====Bhore Ghat Railway Incline - between Kalyan and Poona===='''Progress from 1870''' The [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction]] was a major engineering constructed undertaken 1856-63 taking *With the completion of the GIPR south-eastern route towards mainlines the three Presidency Capitals of Bombay, Madrasand Calcutta were linked. Incline The length: 15 of the route opened was then 1483 miles, tunnels: 26 (totalling 2/2388 km <ref name=GIPR/>.25 miles in length)*1900 June 30,the assets of the GIPR were purchased by the GoI and 8 viaducts merged with those of masonry construction. the [[Civil EngineersIndian Midland Railway]] included:into a "new" GIPR, managed by the old company.Consulting Engineer England: *The GIPR continued to expand its network with the addition of 'Branch Lines', 'Absorbsion'Robert Stephensonof certain railways and 'Working Agreements' on other railways '' (until his death 1859see lists that follow)*GIPR Chief Engineer 1849 - 1862: '''James James Berkley''' (surveyor and route designer).*1918 Administration Report on Indian Railways gives the GIPR 2nd Engineer 1850 - CB Kerr*GIPR 3rd Engineer 1850 Robert W Graham broad gauge(his assistant Robert Maitland Brereton[[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])Consultant engineer 1847 - 1867: '''Arthur Anderson West''' line length as 2668 miles(surveyor of the Bhore Gate Incline4293km).<ref>; and including 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1913.17526 OBITUARY. ARTHUR ANDERSON WEST, 1827-1913Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines, ''ICE Virtual Library'' . Retrieved on 28 July 2014.a total of 3441 miles(5331km) <ref name=Admin/ref> GIPR Engineers: Messrs Adamson and Clowser, replaced by Messrs West and Tate in November 1859. '''Construction Contractors''' The contract was awarded (autumn 1855) to '''William Frederick Faviell''' and work begun at Bhore Ghat on 24 January 1856. In March 1859*1925 Jan 1, Faviell gave up his contract; for a short time, two the GoI took over direct control of the GIPR engineers, '''Swainson Adamson''' and '''George Louis Clowser''', carried on transferred the work. The GIPR construction contract was relet in November 1859 [[Allahabad]] to Solomon Tredwell who died within fifteen days [[Jubbulpore]] branch of landing in India. His wife, Alice Tredwell, assumed the contract and appointed Messrs Adamson and Clowser [[East Indian Railway|EIR]] to manage the contract for her in her absence, as Mrs Tredwell returned to EnglandGIPR. This arrangement was to last seven years*1951. “These gentlemen (Adamson and Clowser) carried on the work The GIPR combined with the greatest zeal and ability.” Labour management could limit construction progress[[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], but “by their good and liberal management (Adamson and Clowser) collected the [[Dholpur State Railway]] and kept on the work [[Scindia State Railway]] to become [[Central Railway]], a force zone of 25,000 men during two seasons, and in 1861 of more than 42,000 men.”<ref>Campbell, Sir James MacNabb and Enthoven, Reginald Edward. [http://www.archive.org/stream/gazetteerbombay05enthgoog#page/n343/mode/2up ''Thana District Gazetteer''[Indian Railways]], 'page 329. Retrieved on 28 July 2014.</ref> ====Thul Ghat incline - between Kalyan and Nasik==== The GIPR north-eastern route towards the Gangetic plain.
==FIBIS Resources=='''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway Personnel]]''' gives details of GIPR staff from several other sources:-*Grace's Guide<ref>[http://searchwww.gracesguide.fibisco.orguk/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=1068&s_id=323 Main_Page “Grace’s Guide”]; Retrieved List of Indian Railways UK Contracted Staff taken from IOR Series L3 Jul 2016</AG/46/12]ref> *Wikipedia and many other sources. FIBIS database
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[[Image:India-rail-1870.jpg|right|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]]
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Like most of the early railways in India, the '''Great Indian Peninsula Railway''' (GIPR) was a British company, registered in London, privately owned and financed, operating under licence and guarantee from the (British) Board of Control in India and the [[East India Company]] (EIC). The GIPR was India's and Asia's first railway.
== History ==*1845. Registered as a company in 1845, with its head office in London, the Great Indian Peninsula railway initially proposed a length of 1300 miles, to connect Bombay with the interior of the Indian peninsula and to a major port on the east coast. It was meant for the purpose of increasing the export of cotton, silk, opium, sugar and spices <ref name=RegGIPR>[[Imagehttp:India-rail-1870//www.gracesguide.co.jpg|left|thumb|Map of uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway:_1845_Company_Registration Grace's Guide " GIPR in 1870]1945 Company Registration]Retrieved on 3 Jul 2016</ref>. When*1849, at the urging of the Governor, in 1871Lord Dalhousie, the East Indian Company(EIC) sanctioned the GIPR eventually reached construction of a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway eastward from [[JubbulporeBombay]] and linked to the [[East Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (EIR)Company was incorporated on August 1, it completed Dalhousie’s dream 1849 by an act of the British Parliament. It had a Bombay-Calcutta routeshare capital of 50,000 pounds. On 30 June 1900August 17, 1849 it entered into a formal contract with the assets of EIC for the GIPR were purchased by the GoI construction and merged with those operation of an experimental line, 35 miles(56 km) long. The Court of Directors of the EIC appointed [[Indian Midland RailwayJames John Berkeley]] into a "new" GIPR, managed by the old company. In 1910 as Chief Resident Engineer and [[John Edwin DallasCharles Buchanan Ker]] became Managing Director of the GIPR Company in London. Prior to his retirement from the Indian and [[Public Works DepartmentRobert W Graham]] as his final position was Senior Government Inspector of Railways assistants <refname=GIPR>[http://www.icevirtuallibrarygracesguide.com/doi/abs/10co.1680uk/bdoceigbai.58347.163 Institution of Civil Engineers Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway Grace's Guide "Biographical Dictionary of Civil EngineersGreat Indian Peninsula Railway"] Retrieved on 17 May 3 Jul 2016</ref>. The 1918 Administration Report on *1859, GIPR was tasked with "the construction and working of the following lines, all of which terminate at Bombay, - viz. from Bombay, ''via'' Callian, to Jubbulpore, to meet the East Indian Railways gives the GIPR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) Railway Company's line length as 2668 from Allahabad, with branches to Mahim and Nagpore - 870 miles; and including 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) linesfrom Callian, ''via'' Poonah and Sholapore, to the opposite side of the river Kristna, to meet the line, ''via'' Bellary, a from Madras - 366 miles - total , 1,236 miles. Capital 10,000,000''l''l. Rate of 3441 milesInterest Guaranteed - 5 per cent. on 8,000,000''l''. capital, and 4½ per cent. on 333,000''l''. debentures, the balance to be raised upon arrangements to be hereafter made." <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref> <ref>[https://ia801009www.usgov.archive.orguk/government/uploads/system/uploads/8attachment_data/itemsfile/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem228649/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System8330.pdf " Administration H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918: Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; Superintendent of Government Printing, pages Calcutta; pages 128-130 paragraphs 3.57 - 3.64-68]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015on 3 Jul 2016</ref>.
The principal economic benefit of the GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John Berkeley]]'s proposal was to form a grand trunk communication by the opening up north-eastern mainline between [[Bombay]] and [[Calcutta]], *1857-61, [[Callian]] (later named [[Kalyan]]) to [[Kasara]] section constructed, a further 42 miles(68 km)<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway Graces Guide "Great Indian Peninsula Railway - 1865"]; Retrieved 3 Jul 2016</ref> rising to an altitude of 948 feet(289m) above sea level at [[Kasara]] at the interior approach to external tradethe [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat]]. Opened in 1861.*1857 Aug, [[Messrs. Wythes and Jackson, Construction Contractors|Messrs. Wythes and Jackson]] were awarded the contract for the '''[[Thal Ghat Railway Construction]]''' *1857-65. The two lines up [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat Railway]] was a major project to take the GIPR mainline across the Western Ghats towards [[Jubbulpore]]. The [[Kasara]] to [[Igatpuri]] section was 9.5 miles(15km) and within that distance the line had to rise to 1,918 feet(585m). The construction required 13 tunnels, 6 viaducts, including the [[Ehagaon Viaduct]]; cuttings; embankments; 15 bridges and culverts and the Reversing Station <ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=a5MEAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=bombay+mechanics&hl=en&ei=8FUcTMGmHqC0nAeWxImdDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books "Paper on the (GIPR) Thul Ghaut Railway" incline delivered to the Bombay Mechancs Institution in December 1860 by the GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John Berkeley]], page 20.] Retrieved on 2 Jul 2016</ref>.*c.1859-65, [[Messrs. Wythes and Jackson, Construction Contractors|Messrs. Wythes and Jackson]] were fully open by awarded a further contact to construct a further section of the GIPR north-eastern line from [[Igatpuri]] at the end of the Thal Ghat, this was opened in stages reaching [[Chalisgaon]] in 1861, [[Jalgaon]] in 1863 and [[Bhusawal]] in 1865 , a total of 191.24 miles(307km)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in time for cotton India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 64-68, pdf pages 73-77]; Retrieved 6 Jun 2016</ref>.*1861-65, [[Igatpuri]]-[[Jalgaon]]-[[Bhusawal]] progressivly opened. *1863-67, GIPR [[Nagpur]] Branch from [[Bhusawal]] was built by [[Messrs. Lee, Watson and Ayton, Construction Contractors]]. *1865, with completion of [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat]] the Deccan to be exported mainline from Bombay reached [[Khandwar]].*1868 July, [[Robert Maitland Brereton]], GIPR Chief Engineer was given responsibility for completing the connection between [[Bhusawal]] and [[Jubbulpore]] which he completed many months ahead of schedule <ref name>[http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/8th-day/the-opening-of-the-mumbai-to Manchester thus filling -kolkata-railway/141013.html#SL3vjC1hEy3Vmu3P.99 The Statesman, New Delhi "The opening of the trade gap created Mumbai to Kolkata railway by Michael Sandford, May 9 2016]; Retrieved 3 Jul 2016</ref>. *1870 March 8. The [[Alfred Viaduct]] was inaugurated and named after the American Civil WarDuke of Edinburgh (Alfred Ernest Albert) who was visiting India and travelled by East Indian Railway from Calcutta. The Viceroy and the Governor of Bombay, Sir Fitzgerald Seymour had come from Bombay. With the opening of the GIPR North-Eastern Line the connection at [[Jubbulpore]] to the [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR) completed Dalhousie’s dream of a Bombay-Calcutta route.
'''South-East Line''' - [[Callian]] via [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] and [[Poona]] to meet the [[Madras Railway]] - 409 miles(658km)*1856 May, the line was extended to the villages of [[Palasdhari]](Padusdhurree) and to [[Khopoli]](Campoolie) <ref name==wiki> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#Bombay_to_Tannah Wikipedia “Great Indian Peninsula Railway”]; Retrieved 25 June 2016</ref> at the approach to the [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction==|Bhor Ghat]]. The ===*1856-63. The '''[[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction]]''' was a major engineering challenge to take the GIPR mainline across the Western Ghats===towards Madras. The narrow coastal plain construction with GIPR Chief Engineer [[James John Berkeley]] in charge involved an incline length of India's west side is separated 15 miles(24km), 26 tunnels (totalling 2.25 miles(3.6km) in length), and 8 viaducts of masonry construction.*1858, the line from [[Khandala]] to [[Poona]] section was opened to traffic <ref name=wiki/> , this section included the Deccan plateau [[Dapoorie Viaduct]] *1858-63, during this period, the 21 km gap to [[Khandala]] was covered by a mountain range which rises 1200m palanquin, pony or cart through the village of Campoolie <ref name=wiki/>. *1863, [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] completed the mainline was through to [[Poona]](now called Pune) and [[Sholapore]](3Solapur).*1870, the [[Kistna Viaduct,900 ftRaichur(GIPR) |Kisna Viaduct]] was opened and which has always restricted internal communication with [[Raichur]] was reached in May 1871 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n73/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; pages 64-68, pdf pages 73-77]; Retrieved 23 Jul 2016</ref> where it joined the Arabian Sea[[Madras Railway]] to link to [[Madras]] <ref name=GIPR/>.
===Stations===
[[Image:Victoria Terminus. G I P Ry, Bombay.JPG|right|thumb|320px|''Victoria Terminus, G I P Ry, Bombay'']]
Bombay's [[Bombay Victoria Terminus Construction Railway|Victoria Terminus ]] was both the principal station and GIPR's HQ; designed by [[architect]] Frederick William Stevens. [[Bombay Victoria Terminus Construction Railway|Victoria Terminus Construction]] commenced in 1878, it opened on Queen Victoria's 1887 Golden Jubileeand completed in 1888.
The GIPR had a collection of sidings spurring off to the docks in the east Bombay. There were numerous spurs to:
*Victoria Dock 1891
*Clerk Basin
==GIPR Branch Lines and extensions- chronological order==This information from the “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"<ref name=Admin/> *Khopoli Branch, SE line; [[Dhond-Manmad State Palasdhari]](Padusdhurree) to [[Khopoli]](Campoolie) 1856: 7.24 miles. This section became a branch line on the opening of the [[Bhore Ghat RailwayConstruction|Bhor Ghat]]in 1863. *Nagpur Branch, NE line; Bhusaval to Baderna 1863-65, to Nagpur 1867: 243.25 miles*Khamgaon Branch, NE line; Jalamb to Khamgaon 1870: 7.97 miles*Amraoti Branch, NE line; Baderna to Amraoti 1871: 5.49 miles*Mohpani Branch, NE line; Gadarvada to Mohpani 1872; extended to Goitoria 1896 and to new coal-fields 1900: 13.68 miles*Manmad Branch, SE line; Dhond to Manmad: 145.44 miles*Jalagon-Alalner Branch, NE line; Jalagon to Alalner 1900: 34.26 miles*Chalisgaon-Dhulia Branch, NE line; Chalisgaon to Dhulia 1900: 34.95miles*Bombay Harbour Branch, opened 1878NE line; 1910: 6. A 'chord' 19 miles *Itsari-Nagpur Branch, NE line connecting GIPR main lines; constructed by Itsari to Parasia; 1913-15: 134.42 miles; finally extended to Nagpur 1923-24 as part of [[Government of India |GoIBhopal-Itsari Railway]] and handed *Mahim Chord, NE line; Ravali to GIPRMahim, 1880.1914
==Railways absorbed into GIPR==
*[[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]]; opened 1878. A 'chord' line connecting the GIPR south-eastern main line to [[Madras]] with the GIPR north-eastern main line to [[Allahabad]], passed to GIPR 1880.
*[[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR). State agency formed 1882 to work several branch lines centred on Jhansi, amalgamated into GIPR, 1900
**[[Agra-Gwalior Railway]], opened 1881; Indian State line, owned by Gwallior Durbar, known as [[Scindia State Railway]], working taken over by IMR 1885; then in 1900 becoming part of GIPR 'Midland Section Mainline'.
**[[Cawnpore-Kalpi-Jhansi Railway]], opened 1886. Line completed 1888 by IMR.
**[[Bhopal State Railway]], opened 1884. Indian State line, initially worked by IMR as Bhopal-Itarsi (Indian State Section).
**[[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]], opened c.1895. Indian State line worked by IMR.
**[[Bina-Katni Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.
**[[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]], opened 1878. A 'chord' line connecting GIPR main lines; constructed by [[Government of India |GoI]] and handed to GIPR, 1880.
**[[Jhansi-Bina Bhopal Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.
** [[Jhansi-Gwallior and Katni Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.
**[[Kunch- Madhggarh Railway]]. Project in 1906 by IMR/GIPR as extension to [[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]]
==Lines worked by GIPR at some time- alphabetical order==*[[Agra-Gwalior Railway]], opened 1881; renamed [[Gwalior Light Railway]] c.1899; worked by GIPR; renamed [[Scindia State Railway]] , 1944
*[[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]], opened 189?. Indian State line initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); then worked by GIPR
*[[Ambaji-Taranga Light Railway]], opened 1919-20. Unassisted Company formed 1917; apparantly worked by GIPR
*'''Mss Eur D1184/14''' : Letters to Arthur A West from G L Clowser Nov 1860-Nov
'''Other recordsFIBIS Resources'''The following specific records refer to GIPR personnel:-*[[David Francis Hogarth]], 1865-68, Assistant Engineer with GIPR <ref name=ice>[http://wwwsearch.icevirtuallibraryfibis.comorg/doifrontis/absbin/10aps_browse_sources.1680/imotp.1903.18185 Institution php?mode=browse_components&id=1068&s_id=323 List of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers"] Retrieved on 18 May 2016</ref>.*[[George Barclay Bruce]] Indian Railways UK Contracted Staff taken from 1894 was the Consulting Engineer to the GIPR and the [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR), based in London, in partnership with [[Robert White]] <ref >[http:IOR Series L/AG/www.gracesguide.co.uk46/George_Barclay_Bruce Grace's Guide "George Barclay Bruce"12]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>. The IMR was amagamated into GIPR in 1901 and the partnership continued to act for the GIPR.FIBIS database
== External Links links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway Great Indian Peninsula Railway] Wikipedia
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhatrapati_Shivaji_Terminus Victoria Terminus, (GIPR HQ & station <nowiki>[</nowiki>Bombay<nowiki>]</nowiki>)] Wikipedia (now known as Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131120075151/http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/vim0PsB8bW75gL0GQFEkaK/Mumbai-Multiplex--The-line-starts-here.html "Mumbai Multiplex : The line starts here"] by Supriya Nair 4 January 2013. livemint.com "The ‘heritage wing’ of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is a railway enthusiast’s dream"
*[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/mumbai-over-100-documents-of-great-indian-peninsula-railway-to-be-digitised-2907994/ "Mumbai: Over 100 documents of Great Indian Peninsula Railway to be digitized"] by Neha Kulkarni, July 12, 2016 ''The Indian Express''.
==Historical photographs online==
*[https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-Y-03022-S/1 Hawkes collection of Indian Railway Photographs (Y3022S)] Royal Commonwealth Society Library/ University of Cambridge Digital Library. The description states "An album containing albumen prints of various sizes by R. Phillips of Darjeeling, Samuel Bourne and others. The name of F.A. Hawkes, who was an engineer... appears frequently in it".
:Once inside the digital file, click on Contents for image titles. includes photographs whose titles include GIPR 1868-1869.
===Historical books online===
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MnAgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The Cotton and Commerce of India: considered in relation to the interests of Great Britain; with remarks on Railway Communication in the Bombay Presidency''] by John Chapman, founder and late manager of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company 1851 Google Books. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=MnAgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PR19 Contents-Railway Chapters] page xix.
