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Formed in 1845, it was not until 1849 (at the urging Like most of the then Governorearly railways in India, Lord Dalhousie) that the [[East India Company]] contracted the '''Great Indian Peninsula Railway ''' (GIPR) to construct was a railway eastward from Bombay. The first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 British company, registered in London, privately owned and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851financed, but operating under license and guarantee from the first passenger train (British) Board of Control in India did not run until 16 April 1853, when a train, with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests, left the [[BombayEast India Company]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled by three locomotives: ''Sindh, Sultan,'' and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile journey took an hour and fifteen minutes over the first section of the GIPR to be opened(EIC).
Like most By 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 mmet 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 early railways balance to be raised upon arrangements to be hereafter made." (1) == Characteristics ==[[Image:India-rail-1870.png|thumb|Map of GIPR in 1870]] Formed in India1845, it was not until 1849 (at the urging of the then Governor, Lord Dalhousie) that the EIC sanctioned the GIPR to construct an experimental line eastward from Bombay. The first sod was turned on 31 October 1850 and the first locomotive was used in construction on 22 December 1851, but the first passenger train in India did not run until 16 April 1853, when a British companytrain, with 14 railway carriages and 400 guests, left [[Bombay]] bound for [[Thane]], hauled by three locomotives: ''Sindh, registered in LondonSultan, privately owned '' and ''Sahib''. The 21 mile journey took an hour and financedfifteen minutes over the first section of the GIPR to be opened. When, in 1871, operating under license the GIPR eventually reached [[Jubbulpore]] and guarantee from linked to the [[East India Railway]] (BritishEIR) Board , it completed Dalhousie’s dream of Control a Bombay-Calcutta route. On 30 June 1900, the assets of the GIPR were purchased by the GoI while the management remained in Indiaprivate hands. On 1 July 1925, the GoI took over direct control of the GIPR. In 1951, the GIPR combined with the [[Nizam's State Railway]], the [[Dholpur State Railway]] and the [[Scinde State Railway]] to become Indian Railway's '''Central Railway'''.
When, in 1871, the GIPR eventually reached [[Allahabad]] and linked to the [[East India Railway]], it completed Dalhousie’s dream of a Bombay-Calcutta route.
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== Records ==
== External Links ==
[http://irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/zonal_logos/DSCN5172.jpg.html Great Indian Peninsula Railway logo]
[http://the-railway-image.fotopic.net/c600548.html David Flitcroft's Photographs]
== Notes ==
1 "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
