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Gaekwar's Petlad Railway

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The '''Gaekwar's Petlad Railway''' was opened in 1896 May 1890 between [[Petlad]] and [[CambayAnand]], a distance of 13 miles(21km). It was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line and worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n25/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 17]; Retrieved 17 Jan 2016</ref><ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=Petlad-Cambay+Railway&source=bl&ots=eoKF25izT3&sig=dusWgQ1um3G5MMaRpx5OckIsNc0&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCWoVChMIlcSyyquayQIVgSwPCh21sgX2#v=onepage&q=Petlad&f=false "The India List and India Office List 1905" Page 412]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1903 a short extension The railway was added bringing owned by by the track length to 32 miles(51km) and the entire line was worked by BB&CIR[[Princely states|Princely ]][[Baroda State]]. <ref name=name/>
In 1901 extensions were added bringing the track length to 32 miles(51km) and the entire line was worked by BB&CIR. At about this time it apparently became was renamed the '''[[Petlad-Cambay Railway]]''' and also later it was worked by [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR)  ==External LinksFurther Information==*See '''[[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=Petlad-Cambay+Railway&source=bl&ots=eoKF25izT3&sig=dusWgQ1um3G5MMaRpx5OckIsNc0&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCWoVChMIlcSyyquayQIVgSwPCh21sgX2#v=onepage&q=Petlad&f=false The India List and India Office List 1905]*[http://www.irfca.org/docs/19century-routes.html IRFCA-Railway Network Sizes in 1891 and 1895]'''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
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