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East Indian Railway Company information


East Indian Railway
IndustryRailways
Founded1 June 1845 (1 June 1845)
Defunct14 April 1952 (14 April 1952)
Headquarters
Calcutta
,
India
Area served
Eastern India
ServicesRail transport
Map of the East Indian Railway, 1863.

The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to East India and North India, while the Companies such as the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, South Indian Railway, Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway and the North-Western Railway operated in other parts of India. The company was established on 1 June 1845 in London by a deed of settlement with a capital of £4,000,000, largely raised in London.[1]

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