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The '''Champaner-Shivrajpur-Pani Light Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway and was served from [[Halol]]. Constructed for the Shivrajpur Syndicate Ltd of Bombay <ref name=name> [https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n230/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 222]; Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref> | The '''Champaner-Shivrajpur-Pani Light Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway and was served from [[Halol]]. Constructed for the Shivrajpur Syndicate Ltd of Bombay <ref name=name> [https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n230/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 222]; Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
‘to afford railway communication to the Manganese Mines at Pani ...; the work of construction has been carried out by the Guzerat Railways Company who will undertake its working’ | ‘to afford railway communication to the Manganese Mines at Pani ...; the work of construction has been carried out by the Guzerat Railways Company who will undertake its working’ | ||
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 13]; Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref>. | <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 13]; Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref>. The Managing Agent was Killick, Nixon & Company <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry GJ29 pages 153-154</ref>. | ||
The first section, 17 miles(27km), opened | The Champaner Manganese Mines were initially linked to the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) station at Champaner Road by a 20 mile(32km) [[Ewing System Monorail]]++. This had 60 wagons designed to carry 6 tons that were hauled by buffalo. Marsland, Price & Co built the system. In 1909 it was stated that 'the said many claimed advantages of trhe system did not materialise' and it was decided as 'most unsatisfactory' <ref name =darvill/>. See page '''[[Champaner Manganese Mine Monorail/Railway]]''' for more information. | ||
A conventional 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) opened on 3 Feb 1912 replacing the monorail. This line was known as the 'Champaner-Shivrajpur Light Railway' <ref name =darvill/>. The first section, 17 miles(27km), opened from [[Champaner]] Road to [[Shivrapur]] with a 1.7 mile branch to Shivrapur Mines. The line was transferred to the Guzerat Railways Company from Apr 1915 and the line extended to [[Pani]] in 1916, a total of 31 miles(49km) <ref name=name/>. | |||
The railway was then owned and managed by the [[Guzerat Railway Company| Guzerat Railways Company]] and in 1922 the company was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR). | The railway was then owned and managed by the [[Guzerat Railway Company| Guzerat Railways Company]] and in 1922 the company was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR). | ||