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The early railway companies were UK companies operating in India. Later the British Government of India (GoIGOI) owned the majority and either managed them directly or leased them back to private management. From circa 1925 the GOI began to call in the leases, operating the services directly. By 1945, most railways were both owned and managed by the GoIGOI.

*[[:Category:Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed Railways]] included those railway companies, formed by 1859, to which the East India Company, later the GoIGOI, guaranteed a fixed return on capital.

*[[:Category:State Railways|State Railways]] were those either built and run directly by the GoIGOI, or those where the GoI GOI exercised its right to assume ownership (which it did gradually with all the original guaranteed railways from 1879 until 1907), or those whose promoters chose to surrender the workings to the GoI GOI (and, in the cse of the guaranteed companies, received their capital back). From 1907, the word ''State'' was usually dropped from the name of railways in GoI GOI ownership.

*[[:Category:Assisted Railways|Assisted Railways]] were those whose construction was assisted by the GoIGOI, either by guaranteed return or subsidy or in some other material way.

*[[:Category:Foreign Railways|Foreign Railways]]. Three small railways were built to serve foreign enclaves. These were managed by British companies but the lines could never vest in the GoIGOI.