East Indian Railway: Section Opening Dates
Note: this is a sub-section of the East Indian Railway
1854 August 15th. Howrah to Hoogley - 23 miles
1854 August 29th(?) Hooghley to Pundooah - 13 miles (38 total)
1855 February Pundooah to Burdwan - 28 miles (66 total)
1855 Pundooah to Raneegunge - 54 miles (120 total)
1858 Allahabad to Cawnpore - c120 miles
1858 October 1st. Burdwan to Adjai - 23 miles
1859 August 28th. Adjai to Sainthea - 24 miles
1860 October 15th. Calcutta to Rajmahal - (195 miles total)
1860 Cawnpore to Etawah - 87 miles
1861 To Bhagalpur
?? Allahabad to Agra
?? Agra to Aligarh
1862 By the beginning of the year the company had 243.75 miles of track in the North West Provinces and 359.5 miles in Bengal with the dividing line being the big rivers
1862 February. To Monghyr
1862 December. Opposite Benares (a continuous length of 610 miles in ten years)
1864 August 1st. To River Jumna at Delhi
1870 March 7th. Direct connection with the GIPR
1907 Grand Chord opened
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