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** [[Khamgaon Branch Railway| ‘Khamgaon Branch’ NE line’]], branch from ‘Nagpur Branch’; Jalamb to Khamgaon , 1870, 8 miles(13km)** ‘Amraoti Branch, NE line’ branch from ‘Nagpur Branch’; Baderna to Amraoti , 1871, 5½ miles(9km)* ‘Balharshah Branch, NE line’, Wardha to Warora, 1875-79, extended from Warora to Balharshah 1898, 82 miles(132km); with branch line Majri to Rajur, 1925, 37 miles<ref name=Hist1937/>.
1937 History info added
The GIPR operated an extensive network of railways of broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]). In 1905 the route mileage was 1562 miles(2514km) and by 1918 was 2553 miles(4109km) divided into three sections ‘North East Division’, ‘South East Division’ and ‘Midland Division’ and their associated branches.
<br>By 1937 the GIPR ‘GIPR Railway System System’ had become 3727 miles(5998km)<refname=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India – Railway Department’, page 96, pdf 125]; Retrieved 18 Apr 2020</ref>.
The GIPR also managed, worked and maintained a number of lines on behalf of other parties.
The information below is mainly from the “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918" <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 10 Apr 2020</ref>and subsequent additions and variations referenced from the 1937 ‘History of Railways’) <ref name=Hist1937/>.
==GIPR North East Mainline==
* ‘Bhusawal-Khandwa Section’; 1865-66, 77 miles(124km)
* ‘Khandwa-Jubbulpore Section’, via Itarsi Junction; 1868-70, 262 miles(422km)
* ‘Jubbulpore-Naini Extension’ opened 1867 by the [[East_Indian_Railway]] as the [[East_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Branches_from_the_Howrah-Delhi_EIR_Main_Line| ‘EIR Jubbulpore Branch’]] and trasferred to GIPR in 1925<ref name=Hist1937/>.
===GIPR North East Branches===
''Shown in Pink on GIPR North East Division Map''
*[[GIPR Nagpur Branch|‘Nagpur Branch, NE line’]]; Bhusawal Junction to Baderna 1863-65, Bederna via Wardha Junction to Nagpur 1867: 243 miles(391km)
* ‘Mohpani Branch, NE line’, branch from ‘Khandwa- Jubbulpore Section’; Gadarvada to Mohpani , 1872; extended to Goitoria 1896 and to new coal-fields 1900,
* ‘Jalagon-Amainer Branch, NE line’; Jalagon to Amainer, 1900, 34 miles(55km)
* ‘Chalisgaon-Dhulia Branch, NE line’; Chalisgaon to Dhulia , 1900, 35 miles56km)
* ‘Bombay Harbour Branch, NE line’; 1910, 6 miles(10km) ''Later extensions not showing on 1908 Map'', extended 1925 from Victoia Tezrminus to Bray Road, giving total 10 miles(16km) <ref name=Hist1937/>.* ‘Itsari-Nagpur Branch, NE line’ Itsari to Parasia; 1913-15, 134 miles(216km); finally extended to Nagpur 1923-24 as part of ‘[[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]]’, giving total 278 miles(447km) <ref name=Hist1937/>.
* ‘Mahim Chord, NE line’; Ravali to Mahim, 1914, 1¼ miles(2km)
* ‘Kurla Branch, NE line’; Kurla to Mandala, 1924-27, 4 miles(7km) <ref name=Hist1937/>.
* ‘Ghugus Extension, NE line’,Tadali to Ghugus, 1918, 9 miles(14km) <ref name=Hist1937/>.
* ‘Agra-Bah Section, NE line’, Agra to Bah, 1918, 43 miles(69km) <ref name=Hist1937/>.
* ‘Baran-Kotah Section, NE line’, Baran to Kotah,1907-09, 40 miles(64km) <ref name=Hist1937/> ''Not listed in 1918 Report''
* ‘Cawnpore-Banda Section, NE line’, Cawnpore to Banda, 1913-14, 76 miles(122km) <ref name=Hist1937/> ''Not listed in 1918 Report''
==GIPR South East Mainline==
