 East Indian Railway Company

The East Indian Railway Company, operating as the East Indian Railway (reporting mark EIR), introduced railways to eastern and northern 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 1 June 1845 in London by a deed of settlement with a capital of £4,000,000, 
largely raised in London.