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[[Image:Bbciofficebombay.jpg|thumb|Churchgate Terminus & Offices, BBCIR, Bombay]]
{{Line Railways Infobox
|image= Bbciofficebombay.jpg
|caption= ''Churchgate Terminus & Offices, BBCIR, Bombay''
|route= [[Bombay]] to [[Viramgam]]
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 504 miles (1905)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1855
|timeline1details= Formed as [[Guaranteed Railways|Guaranteed company]]
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details= 
|timeline5date= 1905
|timeline5details= Line acquired by State
|presidency= [[Bombay]]
|stations= [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], [[Broach]], [[Surat]]
|system1date= 1906
|system1details= Worked by reformed '''BBCIR'''
|system2date=
|system2details=
|system3date=
|system3details= 
|auxillary forces=
}}


{{System_Railways_Infobox
|image= [http://irfca.org/gallery/Heritage/zonal_logos/DSCN5173.jpg ''' BBCIR device ''']
|caption= ''Click on above to see image.<br>Use browser back button to return here.
|timeline1date= 1906
|timeline1details= BBCIR contracted to work State line
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline3date=
|timeline3details=
|timeline4date=
|timeline4details= 
|timeline5date= 1942
|timeline5details= Working of system taken over by State
|company1=
|company1details= [[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]]
|company2=
|company2details= [[Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway]]
|company3=
|company3details= [[Gaekwar's Dabhoi Railway]]
|company4=
|company4details= [[Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway]]
|company5=
|company5details= [[Godhra-Rutlam-Nagda Railway]]
|company6=
|company6details= [[Nagda-Ujjain Railway]]
|company7=
|company7details= [[Palanpur-Deesa Railway]]
|company8=
|company8details= [[Petlad-Cambay Railway]]
|company9=
|company9details= [[Rajpipla Railway]]
|company10=
|company10details= [[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]]
|company11=
|company11details= [[Tapti Valley Railway]]
|company12=
|company12details= [[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]
|headquarters= [[Bombay]]
|workshop= [[Ajmer]]
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Ajmer]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Indore]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rutlam]], [[Surat]]
|system1date=
|system1details=
|system2date= 1951
|system2details= [[Western Railway]] (IR zone)
|system3date=
|system3details= 
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 868 miles (1905)
|gauge2= Metre gauge
|gauge2details= 2022 miles (1905)
|gauge3= 2'6" NG
|gauge3details= 132 miles (1905)
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|auxillary forces= [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment]]
}}


The '''Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway''' (BBCIR) was incorporated in 1855 for "the construction and working of a line from Bombay, ''via'' Surat and Baroda, to Ahmedabad - total about 320 miles. Capital 2,300,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent on 2,000,000''l''. capital and 4½ per cent . on 300,000''l''. debentures." 1
The '''Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway''' (BBCIR) was incorporated in 1855 for "the construction and working of a line from Bombay, ''via'' Surat and Baroda, to Ahmedabad - total about 320 miles. Capital 2,300,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent on 2,000,000''l''. capital and 4½ per cent . on 300,000''l''. debentures." 1
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