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The '''Tapti Valley Railway Company''' was a private company formed in 1896. The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line was worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)<ref name=IOR>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 4 Feb 20016</ref>.
The '''[[Surat-Amalner Railway]]''' had been commenced in 1886 to link [[Surat]] to [[Amalner]] and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the '''[[Tapti Valley Railway]] Company''' when the company was formed in 1896.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n28/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page20]; Retrieved 4 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref name=KGK>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_Gurjar_Kshatriyas_contributions_to_the_Indian_railways Wikipedia "KGK Contributions" Section 1.4/1880-90/Tapti Valley]; Retrieved 4 Feb 2016</ref>
The line was developed in stages - the Vyara section of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed by the Nandurbar section of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles(251km) starting from [[Surat]] via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to [[Amalner]] <ref name=KGK/>.
In 1901 the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) built an extension from [[Bhusaval]] and the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at [[Amalner]], thus in 1901 [[Surat]] - [[Bhusaval]] were connected <ref name=KGK/>.
In 1942 the Tapti Valley Railway Company became owned and managed by the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]])<ref name=IOR/>.
==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]]
An on-line search of the IOR records <ref name=IOR/> relating to this railway
gives several references. The most important being:-
*'''L/AG/46/40 ''' “Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company; 1896-1908”; with statement under Catalogue contents ‘Company formed in India in 1896. Line ran eastward from Surat City to Amalner via Nandurbar and Sindkheda, a distance of some 156 miles. Worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company from 1899 (see IOR/L/AG/46/6). Owned and managed by Government from 1942’
*'''L/F/8/14/1010 ''' “Messrs. Killick, Nixon and Company, Agreement for the formation of a company for the construction of a railway from Surat to Nundurbar and on to Amalner, in connection with the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway Company; 1896”
==Further Information==
See ''' [[ Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) '''
<br>and '''[[Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Network_-_Lines_owned_and_worked#BG_Lines_-_managed.2C_worked_and_maintained_by_BB.26CIRR|BB&CIR BG Lines Managed and Worked]] '''
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Assisted Private Railways]]
