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{{Line Railways Infobox|image=|caption= |route= [[Bombay]] to [[Raichur]] (SE Division}<br>[[Bombay]] to [[Image:GiprlogoJubbulpore]] (NE Division)<br>[[Bhusawal]] to [[Nagpur]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 1562 miles (1905)|gauge2= |gauge2details= |gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1845|timeline1details= Company formed|timeline2date= 1853|timeline2details= First section of line open to traffic|timeline3date= 1871|timeline3details= Through trains to [[Calcutta]] ''via'' [[Jubbulpur]]|timeline4date= |timeline4details= [[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]] absorbed|timeline5date= 1900|timeline5details= Line acquired by State|presidency= [[Bombay]]|stations= [[Kalyan]], [[Poona]], [[Hotgi]], [[Wadi]], [[Ahmadnagar]], [[Akola]], [[Chanda]], [[Khandwa]], [[Itarsi]], [[Narsinghpur]]|system1date=|system1details= Worked by Great Indian Peninsula Railway|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= |auxillary forces=}} {{System_Railways_Infobox|image= Great Indian Peninsula Railway.jpg|caption= ''Great Indian Peninsula Railway device''|timeline1date= 1900|timeline1details= Company re-formed to work State line|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= 1925|righttimeline4details= Government takes over working of system|timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1=|company1details= [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]|company2=|company2details= [[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]|company3=|company3details= [[Bhopal-Itarsi State Railway]]|company4=|company4details= [[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]]|company5=|company5details= [[Bina-Goona-Baran Railway]]|company6=|company6details= [[Gwalior Light Railway]]|company7=|company7details= [[Indian Midland Railway]]|company8=|company8details= [[Agra]], [[Delhi]], [[Nagpur]]|company9=|company9details= |company10=|company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= [[Bombay]]|workshop= |stations= |system1date= 1951|system1details= Central Railway (IR zone)|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= |gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 2988 miles (1905)|gauge2= 2' 0" NG|gauge2details= 183 miles (1905)|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details= }}
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 license and guarantee from the (British) Board of Control in India and the [[East India Company]] (EIC).
== Characteristics History ==[[Image:India-rail-1870.jpg|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]]
Formed in 1845, it was not until 1849 (at the urging of the then Governor, Lord Dalhousie) that the EIC sanctioned the GIPR to construct an experimental line 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 and 400 guests, left [[Bombay]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled by three locomotives: ''Sindh, Sultan,'' and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile journey took an hour and fifteen minutes over the first section of the GIPR to be opened.
When, in 1871, the GIPR eventually reached [[Jubbulpore]] and linked to the [[East India Railway]] (EIR), it completed Dalhousie’s dream of a Bombay-Calcutta route.
On 30 June 1900, the assets of the GIPR were purchased by the GoI while the management remained in private hands. On 1 July 1925, the GoI took over direct control of the GIPR. In 1951, the GIPR combined with the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], the [[Dholpur State Railway]] and the [[Scinde State Railway]] to become Indian Railway's '''Central Railway'''.
== External Links ==
[http://irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/zonal_logos/DSCN5172.jpg.html Great Indian Peninsula Railway logo]
[[Image:India-rail-1870.jpg|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]]
== Notes ==
