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Great Indian Peninsula Railway

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'Agra-Gwalior Railway' section moved to IMR and rewritten
*[[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]]; opened 1878. A 'chord' line connecting the GIPR south-eastern main line to [[Madras]] with the GIPR north-eastern main line to [[Allahabad]], passed to GIPR 1880.
*[[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR). State agency formed 1882 to work several branch lines centred on Jhansi, amalgamated into GIPR, 1900
**[[Agra-Gwalior Railway]], opened 1881; Indian State line, owned by Gwallior Durbar, known as [[Scindia State Railway]], working taken over by IMR 1885; then in 1900 becoming part of GIPR 'Midland Section Mainline'.
**[[Cawnpore-Kalpi-Jhansi Railway]], opened 1886. Line completed 1888 by IMR.
**[[Bhopal State Railway]], opened 1884. Indian State line, initially worked by IMR as Bhopal-Itarsi (Indian State Section).
==Lines worked by GIPR at some time - alphabetical order==
*[[Agra-Gwalior Railway]], opened 1881; renamed [[Gwalior Light Railway]] c.1899; worked by GIPR; renamed [[Scindia State Railway]] , 1944
*[[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]], opened 189?. Indian State line initially worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); then worked by GIPR
*[[Ambaji-Taranga Light Railway]], opened 1919-20. Unassisted Company formed 1917; apparantly worked by GIPR
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