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1937 Map and mileage added
[[File:GIP Railway System 1937 Map.png|thumb| GIPR Railway System 1937 Map]]
''' Great Indian Peninsula Railway - Lines owned and worked'''
<blockquote>- a sub-section of the '''[[Great Indian Peninsula Railway ]] (GIPR) ''' page</blockquote>
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 Railway System had become 3727 miles(5998km)<ref>[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.
