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{{System_Railways_Infobox|image=|caption= |timeline1date= 1911|timeline1details= System formed|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1= 1911 |company1details= [[Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway]]|company2= 1913|company2details= [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway]] |company3= 1913|company3details= [[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]]|company4= 1917|company4details= [[Shivrajpur Light Railway]]|company5=|company5details= |company6=|company6details= |company7=|company7details= |company8=|company8details= |company9=|company9details= |company10=|company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= |workshop= [[Halol]] [[Godhra]] [[Nadiad]]|stations= |system1date= 1911|system1details= Self administration|system2date= 1922|system2details= Managememt taken over by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]|system3date=|system3details= |gauge1= 2ft 6in Narrow gauge|gauge1details= |gauge2= |gauge2details=|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details= |auxillary forces= }} The '''Guzerat Railway Railways CompanyLimited ''' was formed in 1911 owned and managed a group of four 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway lines - <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/isrs082004-steam-history.html IRFCA Steam History – Gujarat Lines"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17"; page 13]; Retrieved 11 Dec 201525 Feb 2016</ref>

*[[Godhra-Lunavada Railway]] opened in 1913, a length of 26 miles(41km)and served from [[GohdraGodhra]].The record shows that in 1914 an Agreement was made for [[Killick, Nixon & Company]] of [[Bombay]] to construct and equip this Railway [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway|''See separate page'']] *[[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]] opened in 1913, a length of 28 miles(45m) and served from [[Nadiad]].. The record shows that in 1914 an Agreement was made for [[Killick, Nixon & Company]] of [[Bombay]] to construct and equip this Railway [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway|''See separate page'']] *[[Shivrajpur Light Railway]] was brought by The Guzerat Railways Company in 1917. The management of these lines was taken over by [[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 [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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]]

The An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway<ref>[[Shivrajpur Light Railwayhttp://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]] was brought by ; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref> gives 4 references. The Gujarat Railway most important being:- *'''L /F/8/20/1764''' “Guzerat Railways Company in Limited, Indenture supplemental to those dated 30th April 1914 and 6th December 1917; 1929.” *'''L/F/8/17/1361''' “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914. ''(Note Catalogue typo error Godhra-Lunavada is correct)'' *'''L/F/8/19/1433 ''' “Guzerat Railways Company Limited, Contract in connection with acquisition and extension of the Shivrajpur Light Railway; 1917”

The management of these lines was taken over by == Further Information==See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) in ''' from 1922