The general route of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway is as follows: Leaving Bombay, it passes through Salcette, crossing to the continent opposite Tannah, goes over the chain of the Western Ghauts, runs thence north-east as far as Burhampoor, skirts the nearly independent territory of Bundelcund, ascends to Allahabad, turns thence eastwardly, meeting the Ganges at Benares, then departs from the river a little, and, descending south-eastward by Burdivan and the French town of Chandernagor, has its terminus at Calcutta.
He aquí, en suma, el trazado del "Great Indian Peninsular Railway". Partiendo de Bombay atraviesa Salcette, salta al continente enfrente de Tannab, cruza la sierra de los Ghats Occidentales, corre al Noroeste hasta Burhampur, surca el territorio casi independiente de Buidelkund, se eleva hasta Allahabad, se inclina al Este, encuentra al Ganges en Benarés, se desvía ligeramente, y volviendo al Sureste por Burdiván y la ciudad francesa de Chandemagor, va a formar cabeza de línea en Calcuta.