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==Railways absorbed into The GIPR== *[[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]also managed, opened 1904. Constructed to provide extra capacity between Agra and Delhi; worked by GIPR*[[Allahabad-Jubbulpore line]], opened 1867. Built by [[East Indian Railway]](EIR); transferred to GIPR, 1925*[[Amraoti State Railway]], opened 1871. Branch railway to Baderna on GIPR. Worked by GIPR and finally taken over.*[[Bina-Goona-Baran Railway]], opened 1895. Owned by State maintained a number of Gwalior and Udaipur Durbar; worked by [[Indian Midland Railway]](IMR); amalgamated into GIPR , 1900*[[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 behalf of GIPR 'Midland Section Mainline'. **[[Cawnpore-Kalpi-Jhansi Railway]], opened 1886. Line completed 1888 by IMR.**[[Bhopal State Railway]], opened 1884other parties. Indian State line, initially worked by IMR as Bhopal-Itarsi (Indian State Section).**[[Bhopal-Itarsi Railway]], opened 1882. State(British) Section; worked by IMR, 1885.**[[Bhopal-Ujjain Railway]], opened c.1895. Indian State line worked by IMR.**[[Bina-Katni Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.**[[Dhond-Manmad State Railway]], opened 1878. A 'chord' line connecting GIPR main lines; constructed by [[Government of India |GoI]] and handed to GIPR, 1880.**[[Jhansi-Bina Bhopal Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.** [[Jhansi-Gwallior and Katni Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.**[[Jhansi-Konch-Kalpi Railway]], opened 1886. Part of IMR. **[[Jhansi-Manikpore State Railway]], opened 1889. Part of IMR.**[[Kunch- Madhggarh Railway]]. Project in 1906 by IMR/GIPR as extension to [[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]]
==Lines worked by GIPR at some time - alphabetical order==*[[Ait-Kunch Branch Railway]], opened 189?. Indian State line initially worked by ''See seperate page'' '''[[Great Indian Midland Peninsula Railway]](IMR); then worked by GIPR *[[Ambaji-Taranga Light Railway]], opened 1919-20. Unassisted Company formed 1917; apparantly worked by GIPR*[[Baran-Kotah Railway]], opened 1908. Worked by GIPR , 1909*[[Cawnpore-Banda Railway]], opened 1913-14. Worked by GIPR , 1914*[[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]](CPR). A British Lines owned company, formed 1910, operating a group of NG lines; all worked by GIPR ; under [[Government of India |GoI]] management, 1925**[[Darwha-Pusad Railway]], opened 1931. Part of CPR**[[Dhond-Baramati Railway]], opened 1914-15. Part of CPR**[[Ellichpur-Murtazapur-Yeotmal Railway]], opened first section opened as Yavatmal Murtijapur Railway 1903, extended to Ellichpur 1913 . Known informally as [[Shakuntala Railway]]. Part of CPR **[[Pachora-Jamner Light Railway]], opened 1919. Part of CPR**[[Pulgaon-Arvi Railway]], opened 1917-18. Part of CPR*[[Gwalior Light Railway]], opened 1899. Owned by State of Gwalior; worked by GIPR; renamed [[Scindia State Railway]] 1944 **[[Ujjain-Agar Branch Railway]], opened 1932. Part of [[Gwalior Light Railway]]*[[Khamagaon-Jalna Railway]]. The date of opening of the railway is not known; the railway was under consideration in 1906.*[[Khamgaon Branch Railway]]. Short branchline of 12km between Jalamb and Khamgaon; worked by GIPR. The date of opening of the railway is not known.*[[Salsette Trombay Railway]], opened 1928. Operated by GIPR, closed 1934**[[Kurla-Trombay Railway]], opened 1928. Part of [[Salsette Trombay Railway]]; worked by GIPR*[[Nizam's Railway]], opened 1874. Worked by GIPR until 1878; then by [[Government of India |GoI]]; became [[Nizam's Guaranteed State Railway]], 1886*[[Pench Valley Coalfield Railway]], opened 1913. Private Branch Line to [[Itarsi-Nagpur Railway]]; worked by GIPR*[[Wardha Valley Railway]], opened 1874. Worked by GIPR, also called Wardha Coal Railway*[[Wardha-Warora Railway]], opened. Opened in 1877, managed by GIPR by 1905'
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==GIPR Branch Great Indian Peninsula Railway - Lines owned and extensions - chronological orderworked==This information from the “Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"<ref name=Admin/> *Khopoli Branch, SE line; [[Palasdhari]]The GIPR operated an extensive network of railways of broad gauge(Padusdhurree) to [[KhopoliRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]](Campoolie) 1856: 7.24 miles. This section became a branch line on the opening of In 1905 the [[Bhore Ghat Railway Construction|Bhor Ghat]] in 1863. *[[GIPR Nagpur Branch|Nagpur Branch, NE line]]; Bhusaval to Baderna 1863-65, to Nagpur 1867: 243.25 route mileage was 1562 miles*Khamgaon Branch, NE line; Jalamb to Khamgaon 1870: 7.97 (2514km) and by 1918 was 2553 miles*Amraoti Branch(4109km) divided into three sections ‘North East Division’, NE line; Baderna to Amraoti 1871: 5.49 miles*Mohpani Branch, NE line; Gadarvada to Mohpani 1872; extended to Goitoria 1896 ‘South East Division’ and ‘Midland Division’ and to new coal-fields 1900: 13.68 miles*Manmad Branch, SE line; Dhond to Manmad: 145their associated branches.44 miles*Jalagon-Alalner Branch, NE line; Jalagon to Alalner 1900: 34.26 miles*Chalisgaon-Dhulia Branch, NE line; Chalisgaon to Dhulia 1900: 34.95miles*Bombay Harbour Branch, NE line; 1910: 6.19 miles *Itsari-Nagpur Branch, NE line; Itsari to Parasia; 1913-15: 134.42 miles; finally extended to Nagpur 1923-24 as part of [[Bhopal-Itsari Railway]]*Mahim Chord, NE line; Ravali to Mahim, 1914
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