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The '''Surat-Bombay Railway''' was the first section of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] Company(BB&CIR) network. In 1855, the company commissioned the first section of 29 mile(46km) of broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line  from [[Ankleshwar]] to [[Utran]] in [[Gujarat]] State on West Coast.  The first train ran 1 Jan 1861 and the [[Bombay]]-[[Surat]]-[[Baroda]]-[[Ahmedabad]] route was completed by 1865.

==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved   14 Apr 2016</ref>
gives several entries for the year 1857 which give remarks and opinions from a number of towns and States  – [[Malwa]] , [[Broach]], [[Rajputana]], [[Neriad]], [[Gujerat]], [[Baroda]], [[Ratlam]].
Also 
*Z/E/4/30/G219; “Great Indian Peninsular Railway, Question respecting junction of proposed Surat-Bombay line “

== References ==
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==Further Information==
See '''[[ Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''

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