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→BG Lines absorbed into EIR: 'Thanesar-Kaithal Railway' and 'Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway' after 1926 info added
*[[Barharwa-Azimganj-Katwa Railway]], opened c.1914 as a Branch/Link line from [[Katwa]] on the [[Hooghly-Katwa Railway]] to [[Barharwa]] on the [[Sahibganj Loop EIR Line|Sahibganj Loop]]. This 110 Mile (170km) track was worked by EIR.
*[[Central Indian Coalfields Railway]], opened 1927. [[Government of India |GoI]] owned; part worked by [[Bengal Nagpur Railway]](BNR); later amagamated with EIR.
*[[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]], formed 1889 as private company, [[Delhi]] to [[Kalka]],] line opened 1891, 162 miles(259km), worked and maintained by EIR. Page 60 (pdf68) Until 1925, then by [[North Western Railway]](NWR). Merged into EIR, 1925
*[[Deoghur Railway]] ; Jasidih to Baidyanathdham, 1882, a short branch line linking important pilgrimage centre to the EIR main line; metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) constructed and worked by [[Burn & Co Ltd]]; merged into EIR, 1911 becoming the ‘Deoghur Branch Line’ of the [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line]]. 4.1 miles(6.6km). Page 54 (pdf 63)
*[[Dildarnagar-Ghazipur State Railway]], opened 1880 as a provincial state railway, worked by EIR and later absorbed into the EIR network becoming the Tari Ghat Branch Line of the [[Howrah-Delhi EIR Main Line]] ; Dildarnager to Tari Ghat, 1880; 12 miles(19km. Page 54 (pdf 63)
*[[Oudh and Rohilkhand Railway]](O&RR), formed from [[Indian Branch Railway]](IBR); nationalised, 1889; merged into EIR, 1925.
*[[South Bihar Railway]], formed 1895 as private company, [[Luckeeserai]] to [[Gaya]], 79 miles(127km) opened 1899, leased to the State to be worked as part of the EIR network. The railway was taken over by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) in 1906.
*[[Thanesar-Kaithal Railway]], a branch line of the [[Delhi-Umballa-Kalka Railway]], opened 1909-10, 30 miles(48km) branch from Kurukshetra to Kathal, worked and maintained by EIR. up to 1925,Page 60 (pdf68). Then by [[North Western Railway]] from 1926.
==BG Lines worked by EIR at some time==
