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→GIPR Midland Mainline: Spelling correction Gwalior
* ‘Manmad Branch, SE line’; Dhond to Manmad: 145 miles(233km) at Madmad connected to the ‘GIPR North East Mainline’‘. Originally the ‘[[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.
==GIPR Midland Mainline==
[[File: GIPR Midland Mainline and Branches v1.png|thumb| GIPR Midland Mainline and Branches ]]
The ‘GIPR Midland Mainline’ from [[Bhopal]] to [[Agra|Agra Cantonment]], 316 miles(509km), opened 1878-81, originally by the ‘[[Indian Midland Railway]]’. The line was extended to connect to the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] ‘(BB&CIR) at Agra in 1905 and the ‘[[Agra-Delhi Chord Railway]]’ in 1906, a further 3½ miles (6km).
''Shown in Red on GIPR Midland Division Map'''
* ‘Bhopal-Jhansi Section’ via Bina; 1880, 180 miles(290km)
* ‘Jhansi-Gwallior Gwalior Section’; 1880, 60 miles(97km)* ‘Gwallior‘Gwalior-Dholpur Section’; 1879-80, 40 miles(64km)
* ‘Dholpur-Agra Cantonment Section’; 1878, 36 miles(58km)
<br>''See separate pages for further information''
* ‘[[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 Gwalior Durbar, known as [[Scindia State Railway]], working taken over by IMR 1885; then in 1900 becoming part of GIPR 'Midland Section Mainline'.
**’[[Bhopal State Railway]]’ opened 1884. 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.
** ‘[[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 Gwalior 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.
