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Formed in 1845'''South-East to Madras'''*1856 May, it the line was not until 1849 (at extended to the urging villages of Padusdhurree (present day Palasdhari) and to Campoolie (present day Khopoli) <ref name=wiki> [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway#Bombay_to_Tannah Wikipedia “Great Indian Peninsula Railway”]; Retrieved 25 June 2016</ref> to the then Governor[[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]]. *1856-63, Lord Dalhousie) that the EIC sanctioned [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction]] was a major engineering challenge to take the GIPR to construct an experimental line, built to mainline across the broad gauge of 5' 6", eastward from BombayWestern Ghats towards Madras. The first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851involved an incline length of 15 miles(24km), but the first passenger train 26 tunnels (totalling 2.25 miles(3.6km) in India did not run until 16 April 1853length), when a train, with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests8 viaducts of masonry construction.*1858, left the line from [[BombayKhandala]] bound for to [[ThanePoona]]section was opened to traffic <ref name=wiki/> , hauled this section included the [[Dapoorie Viaduct]] *1858-63, during this period, the 21 km gap to [[Khandala]] was covered by three locomotives: ''Sindhpalanquin, Sultan,'' and ''Sahib''pony or cart through the village of Campoolie <ref name=wiki/>. *The 21 mile journey took an hour south-east main line proceeded over [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] to [[Poona]](now called Pune), [[Sholapore]](Solapur) and fifteen minutes over the first section of [[Raichore]](Raichur), where it joined the [[Madras Railway]] to link to [[Madras]] <ref name=GIPR to be opened/>.
By '''North-East to Jubblepore'''*1859, GIPR was tasked with "the construction and working of the following lines, all of which terminate at Bombay, - viz. from Bombay, ''via'' Callian, to Jubbulpore, to meet the East Indian Railway Company's line from Allahabad, with branches to Mahim and Nagpore - 870 miles; and from Callian, ''via'' Poonah and Sholapore, to the opposite side of the river Kristna, to meet the line, ''via'' Bellary, from Madras - 366 miles - total, 1,236 miles. Capital 10,000,000''l''l. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent. on 8,000,000''l''. capital, and 4½ per cent. on 333,000''l''. debentures, the balance to be raised upon arrangements to be hereafter made."
When*1868, in 1871route kilometerage was 888 km and by '''GIPR Mainline Network'''*1870 March 8,On 8 Mar 1870 the bridge was inaugurated and named the 'Albert Viaduct' after the Duke of Edinburgh (Alfred Ernest Albert) who was visiting India and travelled by East Indian Railway from Calcutta. The Viceroy and the Governor of Bombay, Sir Fitzgerald Seymour had come from Bombay [2]. *1870, the GIPR eventually reached [[Jubbulpore]] and linked to the [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR), it completed Dalhousie’s dream of a Bombay-Calcutta route.*1870, route kilometerage was 2,388 <ref name=GIPR/>.
The [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction]] was a major engineering constructed undertaken 1856-63 taking the GIPR south-eastern route towards Madras. The construction with an incline length: 15 miles, tunnels: 26 (totalling 2.25 miles in length),and 8 viaducts of masonry construction.
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== History ==
*1845. Registered as a company in 1845, with its head office in London, the Great Indian Peninsula railway was initially proposed for a length of 1300 miles, to connect Bombay with the interior of the Indian peninsula and to a major port on the east coast. It was meant for the purpose of increasing the export of cotton, silk, opium, sugar and spices <ref name=GIPR>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway:_1845_Company_Registration Grace's Guide " GIPR 1945 Company Registration] Retrieved on 3 Jul 2016</ref>
*1849, at the urging of the then Governor, Lord Dalhousie, the East Indian Company(EIC) sanctioned the construction of a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway eastward from [[Bombay]] and the Great Indian Peninsula Railway Company was incorporated on August 1, 1849 by an act of the British Parliament. It had a share capital of 50,000 pounds. On August 17, 1849 it entered into a formal contract with the EIC for the construction and operation of an experimental line, 35 miles(56 km) long. The Court of Directors of the EIC appointed [[James John Berkeley]] as Chief Resident Engineer and [[Charles Buchanan Ker]] and [[Robert W Graham]] as his assistants <ref name=GIPR>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Great_Indian_Peninsula_Railway Grace's Guide "Great Indian Peninsula Railway"] Retrieved on 3 Jul 2016</ref>
*1850-51, the first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851
*1853 April 16, when a train, with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests, left [[Bombay]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled by three locomotives: ''Sindh, Sultan,'' and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile(34km) journey took an hour and fifteen minutes, it was the first section of the GIPR to be opened and the first railway for passenger service in India.
*1854, the railway bridge over the Thane creek was opened and on 1 May 1954 the section of the line from [[Thane]] to [[Callian]] (later named Kalyan) was opened, the construction involved a two-line [[Tannah Viaduct]] over the estuary and two tunnels. The was the first substantial railway bridge to be constructed in India and connected Bombay Island to the mainland.
<ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>
<ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 128-130 paragraphs 3.57 - 3.64] Retrieved on 2 January 2016</ref>
[[Image:India-rail-1870.jpg|right|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]]
On 30 June 1900, the assets of the GIPR were purchased by the GoI and merged with those of the [[Indian Midland Railway]] into a "new" GIPR, managed by the old company.
====Bhore Ghat Railway Incline - between [[Kalyan]] and [[Poona]]====
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