Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway

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The Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line, opened in 1913, a length of 28 miles(45km) and served from Nadiad. The railway was owned and managed by the Guzerat Railway Company. [1] [2]

The company was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) in 1922

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1361 “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914"

Further Information

See Guzerat Railways Company until 1922, then the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

References