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*1853 April 16, when a . 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.

'''South-East to MadrasDivision'''. Bombay, via [[Callian]] and the [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] to meet the [[Madras Railway]]

'''North-East to JubbleporeDivision.'''[[Bombay]]-[[Callian]] onward via [[Thal Ghat Railway Construction|Thal Ghat]] 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."<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 3 Jul 2016</ref>

*1870 March 8,On 8 Mar 1870 1865. The principal economic benefit of the bridge GIPR was inaugurated and named the 'Albert Viaduct' after opening up of the interior to external trade. The two lines up the Duke of Edinburgh (Alfred Ernest Albert) who was visiting India and travelled Western Ghats were fully open by East Indian Railway 1865 in time for cotton from Calcutta. The Viceroy and the Governor of Bombay, Sir Fitzgerald Seymour had come Deccan to be exported from Bombay [2]to Manchester thus filling the trade gap created by the American Civil War. *1870, . With the opening of the GIPR eventually North -Eastern Division the line reached [[Jubbulpore]] and linked to the [[East Indian Railway]] (EIR), it completed Dalhousie’s dream of a Bombay-Calcutta route. *1870, . The length of the route kilometerage opened was 2,388 then 1483 miles/2388 km <ref name=GIPR/>. 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. In 1910 [[John Edwin Dallas]] became Managing Director of the GIPR Company in London. Prior to his retirement from the Indian [[Public Works Department]] his final position was Senior Government Inspector of Railways <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.163 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers"] Retrieved on 17 May 2016</ref>.

The 1918 Administration Report on Indian Railways gives *1900 June 30, the assets of the GIPR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line length as 2668 miles; were purchased by the GoI and including 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(merged with those of the [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NGIndian Midland Railway]]) lines, into a total of 3441 miles.<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918new"; Superintendent of Government PrintingGIPR, Calcutta; pages 64-68]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>managed by the old company.

On 1 July 1925, the GoI took over direct control of the GIPR and transferred the *1910 [[AllahabadJohn Edwin Dallas]] became Managing Director of the GIPR Company in London. Prior to his retirement from the Indian [[JubbulporePublic Works Department]] branch his final position was Senior Government Inspector of the Railways <ref>[[East Indian Railway|EIRhttp://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/doi/abs/10.1680/bdoceigbai.58347.163 Institution of Civil Engineers "Biographical Dictionary of Civil Engineers"]] to the GIPRRetrieved on 17 May 2016</ref>.

In 1951*1918 Administration Report on Indian Railways gives the GIPR broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line length as 2668 miles(4293km); and including 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines, a total of 3441 miles(5331km) <ref>[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 23 Jul 2016</ref>.*1925 Jan 1, the GoI took over direct control of the GIPR and transferred the [[Allahabad]] to [[Jubbulpore]] branch of the [[East Indian Railway|EIR]] to the GIPR. *1951.The GIPR combined with the [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], the [[Dholpur State Railway]] and the [[Scindia State Railway]] to become [[Central Railway]], a zone of [[Indian Railways]].