Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway
| Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Line of route | ||
| Champaner to Shivrapur | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2ft 6in NG | 31 miles (1916) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1911 | Champaner to Shivrapur section opened | |
| 1915-16 | Shivrapur to Pani opened in stages | |
| 1915 | Line transferred to the Guzerat Railways Company | |
| 1922 | Company taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bombay | |
| Stations | Champaner, Shivrapur, Pani | |
| System agency | ||
| 1911 | Worked by Guzerat Railways Company | |
| 1915 | Owned and worked byGuzerat Railways Company | |
| 1922 | Company taken over by BB&CIR | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Champaner-Shivrajpur-Pani Light Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway and was served from Halol. Constructed for the Shivrajpur Syndicate Ltd of Bombay [1] ‘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’ [2].
The first section, 17 miles(27km), opened in 1911 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) [1].
The railway was then owned and managed by the Guzerat Railways Company and in 1922 the company was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).
Further Information
See Guzerat Railways Company until 1922, then the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
