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|route= [[Bombay]] to [[Raichur]] (SE Division}<br>[[Bombay]] to [[Jubbulpore]] (NE Division))<br>[[Bhusawal]] to [[Delhi]]<br>[[Bhusawal]] to [[Nagpur]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 1562 miles (1905)
|company6=
|company6details= [[Gwalior Light Railway]]
|company7=1900
|company7details= [[Indian Midland Railway]]
|company8=
|company12details=
|headquarters= [[Bombay]]
|workshop= [[Parel]]
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Ahmadnagar]], [[Akola]], [[Amraoti]], [[Banda]], [[Bhopal]], [[Bhusawal]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Chanda]], [[Delhi]], [[Dholpur]], [[Gwalior]], [[Hotgi]], [[Itarsi]], [[Jhansi]], [[Jubbulpore]], [[Khandwa]], [[Muttra]], [[Nagpur]], [[Narsinghpue]], [[Poona]], [[Raichur]], [[Saugor]], [[Wadi]]
|system1date= 1951
|system3details=
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 2988 miles (1905)<br>3363 miles (1943)
|gauge2= 2' 0" NG
|gauge2details= 183 miles (1905)<br>202 miles (1943)
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|gauge3details=
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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 license licence and guarantee from the (British) Board of Control in India and the [[East India Company]] (EIC).
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 and merged with those of the [[Indian Midland Railway]] into a "new" GIPR, managed by the management remained in private handsold company. 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'''.
