Bombay Port Trust Railway
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Bombay Port Trust created 1873 was modelled on the Mersey Board in England to control all harbour activities. It undertook extensive land reclamation work, and the creation of docks
- Princes Dock 1880
- Victoria Dock 1883
- Merewether Dry Dock 1893
Half of all Indian exports passed through Bombay's docks.
Railway sidings spurred off the Great Indian Peninsula Railway (GIPR) to these docks .
The Port Trust Railway1915 ran from Ballard Pier to Wadala. Along this railway were built grain and fuel oil depots. The kerosene oil installations were developed at Sewri and for petrol at Wadala.
