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The '''Indian Midland RailwayCompany''' (IMR) was a state agency formed in 1885 to undertake the working of several existing broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_meGaugeBroad_Gauge|BG]]) branch lines, and the construction and working of further BG lines centred on [[Jhansi]]. The record of March 1885 states “An agreement was come to with the promoters of the Bhopal, Gwalior, and Cawnpore Railways (605 miles) in February last, as to the general terms on which a Company, to be called the Indian Midland Railway Company, was to be formed for undertaking the line in question, and a contract embodying in legal form the necessary provisions is now under consideration. The agreement is similar to that made with the Southern Mahratta Railway Company, with the modification suggested by the recent Select Committee on Indian Railways, and provides for the grant of interest at 3½ per cent on an estimated capital of £5,000,000, with one-fourth of the net earnings besides. For the first seven years, the Government also guarantee that the Company shall receive not less than 4 per cent interest per annum. <ref>[https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1885-03-23/debates/20da8f0e-9f2f-4d11-86c6-2be044eeb631/Railways(India)%E2%80%94BhopalGwaliorAndCawnporeRailway ‘Hansard House of Commons Parliament’ - ‘Railways (India)—Bhopal, Gwalior, And Cawnpore Railway, 23 March 1885,’ Volume 296 ]; Retrieved 2 May 2020</ref>. The IMR had a comparatively brief existence before being amalgamated in 1900 with the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR).[[File: Indian Midland Railway.png|thumb|Indian Midland Railway]]

The ==Lines worked and developed by IMR==* ‘[[Bhopal State Railway]]’, [[Itarsi]] to [[Hoshangabad]] Section’, 11 miles(17km) opened in 1882 and reached [[Bhopal]] in Nov 1884, a total length of 45 miles(72km) <ref name=Admin79>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n79/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 70-71 (pdf78-79 ]; Retrieved 24 Mar 2018</ref>. Initially worked by the 'Indian Midland Railway Company'(IMR had ) under a comparatively brief existence before being Contract of 2 Oct 1885; amalgamated in into GIPR,1900 with . The ‘Bhopal State Railway’ was an Indian State broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line , funded by Begum, Nawab of the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Bhopal State]] to connect [[Bhopal]] to the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR)line at [[Itarsi]]. The line comprised two sections, one in the territory of Her Highness the Begum of Bhopal, which joined to the ‘British Section’ to form the [[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]], together forming the ‘[[Bhopal State Railway]]’* ‘[[Jhansi-Manikpore State Railway]]’ ; a further section of the IMR, opened in 1889; amalgamated into GIPR,1900* ‘[[Bina-Katni Railway]]’ - a further section of the IMR, opened in 1889; amalgamated into GIPR,1900* ’[[Bina-Goona-Baran Railway]]’ - opened by IMR, 1889, amalgamated into GIPR, 1900* ‘[[Cawnpore-Kalpi-Jhansi Railway]]’ - line completed 1888 by IMR; amalgamated into GIPR,1900* ‘[[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]]’ - opened c.1895, Indian State line worked by IMR; amalgamated into GIPR, 1900

==Lines worked and developed by IMRRecords ==* '''Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [[Jhansihttp://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-Konch1845-Kalpi Railway]1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on '''; Researching ancestors in the initial section UK records of IMR, opened 1886.* Indian Railways'''[[Jhansi-Manikpore State Railway]]'''; a further section of with particular reference to the IMR, opened in 1889.* '''[[Bina-Katni RailwayIndia Office Records]]''' - a further section of (IOR) held at the IMR, opened in 1889.* '''[[Bina-Goona-Baran Railway]]''' - opened by IMR, 1889, amalgamated into GIPR, 1900* '''[[Cawnpore-Kalpi-Jhansi RailwayBritish Library]]''' - line completed 1888 by IMR; amalgamated into GIPR,1900

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid==Lines worked by IMR at some time==IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref> gives many references. The most important being:-* '''[[Bhopal State Railway]]L/F/5/126 ''' - opened 1884, initially worked by IMR as [[Bhopal-Itarsi “Indian Midland Railway]](Indian Co.; Copies of agreements with the Secretary of State Section)etc; then by GIPR 1885-1903”* '''[[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]]L/AG/46/14''' - opened 189?, “Records of the Indian State line initially worked by IMRMidland Railway Company; then by GIPR1882-1911”* '''[[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]]L /AG/46/32 ''' - opened c.1895, “Records of the India Office relating to the Indian State line worked by IMRMidland Railway Company; amalgamated into GIPR, 1900 1885-1911”* '''[[Sindia State Railway]]L/F/8/13/915/1 ''' - worked by Indian “Indian MidlandRailway, 1890 Preliminary agreement Secretary of State; 1885”

== Records Personnel ==The following found from various sources – see individual pages:-*[[Archibald Crellin Cregeen]] from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD) Railway Branch, was in 1886 appointed IMR Agent and Chief Engineer. This position he held until 1888. *[[Hugh Lewin Monk]],1887 March, deployed from the Railway Branch of the PWD to the Indian Midland Railway Company, on loan from State Railways until 1888 (March)*[[George Barclay Bruce]] from 1894 was the Consulting Engineer to the IMR and the [[GIPR]], based in London, in partnership with [[Robert White]] <ref >[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/George_Barclay_Bruce Grace's Guide "George Barclay Bruce"]; Retrieved on 24 Jun 2016</ref>.

Unfortunately, there are no IMR Staff appointments held in the ==Further Information==See '''[[India Office RecordsGreat Indian Peninsula Railway]] at the '''<br> and '''[[British LibraryGreat_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#Former_IMR_Lines_transferred_to_GIPR |GIPR Lines Owned and Worked]]'''<br>also [[Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#GIPR_Midland_Mainline|''' GIPR Midland Division''']].