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'''Broach-Jambusar Railway'''
'''Broach-Jambusar Railway'''


The connection of [[Broach]] to [[Jambusar]] to transport cotton from Jambusar to the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) at  Broach was first considered by the [[Baroda]] Durbar as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of the [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]] but the project was abandoned.
The connection of [[Broach]] to [[Jambusar]] to transport cotton from Jambusar to the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) at  Broach was first considered in 1903 by the [[Baroda]] Durbar as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of the [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]] but the project was abandoned  
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/ "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 45. 1908"];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V14_051.gif&volume=14 "Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 14, p. 45. 1908"];Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/2up "Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906"; Page 17];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>  
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/2up "Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906"; Page 17];Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref>.


The line was finally opened as a branch of the BB&CIR network in 1914-15  
The line was finally opened as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) branch of the BB&CIR network in 1914-15 connecting [[Broach]] to [[Jambusar]], a line length of 30 miles(48km) 
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 35]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n43/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 35]; Retrieved 21 Feb 2016</ref>.
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''
 
and  '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked|BB&CIR Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 06:02, 7 November 2016

Broach-Jambusar Railway

The connection of Broach to Jambusar to transport cotton from Jambusar to the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) at Broach was first considered in 1903 by the Baroda Durbar as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) branch of the Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway but the project was abandoned [1] [2].

The line was finally opened as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) branch of the BB&CIR network in 1914-15 connecting Broach to Jambusar, a line length of 30 miles(48km) [3].

Further Information

See Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

and BB&CIR Network - Lines owned and worked

References