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|company12details= [[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]] | |company12details= [[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]] | ||
|headquarters= [[Bombay]] (BG), [[Ajmer]] (MG) | |headquarters= [[Bombay]] (BG), [[Ajmer]] (MG) | ||
|workshop= [[Ajmer]] | |workshop= [[Parel]] (BG), [[Ajmer]] (MG) | ||
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Ajmer]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Indore]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rutlam]], [[Surat]] | |stations= [[Agra]], [[Ajmer]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Indore]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rutlam]], [[Surat]] | ||
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|gauge1= Broad gauge | |gauge1= Broad gauge | ||
|gauge1details= 868 miles (1905) | |gauge1details= 868 miles (1905)<br>1233 miles (1943) | ||
|gauge2= Metre gauge | |gauge2= Metre gauge | ||
|gauge2details= 2022 miles (1905) | |gauge2details= 2022 miles (1905)<br>1985 miles (1943) | ||
|gauge3= 2'6" NG | |gauge3= 2'6" NG | ||
|gauge3details= 132 miles (1905) | |gauge3details= 132 miles (1905)<br>152 miles (1943) | ||
|gauge4= | |gauge4= | ||
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Formed in 1855 and began work on track from [[Baroda]] to [[Surat]]. By 1865, the [[Bombay]]-[[Surat]]-[[Baroda]]-[[Ahmedabad]] route was complete; in 1867, the [[Virar]]-Bombay Backbay suburban service commenced with one train in each direction each day. In 1871, trackage was 300 | Formed in 1855 and began work on track from [[Baroda]] to [[Surat]]. By 1865, the [[Bombay]]-[[Surat]]-[[Baroda]]-[[Ahmedabad]] route was complete; in 1867, the [[Virar]]-Bombay Backbay suburban service commenced with one train in each direction each day. In 1871, trackage was 300. | ||
In 1951, the BBCIR (less the Delhi-Rewari-Fazilka and Kanpur-Achnera sections) merged with the Saurashtra, Jaipur State, Jodhpur (Marwar-Phulad section), Rajasthan and Cutch State railways to become the Western Railway | On 31 December 1905, ownership of the BBCIR passed to the Government of India (GoI) and a new company formed to manage the BBCIR under a conract agrred in 1907 and revised in 1913. | ||
Management of the BBCIR passed to the GoI on 1 January 1942. | |||
In 1951, the BBCIR (less the Delhi-Rewari-Fazilka and Kanpur-Achnera sections) merged with the Saurashtra, Jaipur State, Jodhpur (Marwar-Phulad section), Rajasthan and Cutch State railways to become the Western Railway, a zone of Indian Railways. | |||