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Formed in 1855 and began work on track from The [[Baroda]] to [[Surat]]1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Progress_on_State_lines._Paragraphs_5-10. By 1865, the [[Bombay]]3B_Pages_3-[[Surat]]4| “1870-[[Baroda71 Annual Report for Indian Railways for the BB&CIR“]]gives:-[[AhmedabadRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|‘Broad Gauge (BG)]] route was complete; in 1867Line sanctioned 391 miles(629km), total line opened 312 miles(502km) and 72 miles(116km) to be finished’. The Report also details of the [[Virar1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Bombay.2C_Baroda_and_Central_India_Railway._Paragraphs_67.2C68.3B_Page_35|‘progress of the railway and the commercial summery’]]-Bombay Backbay suburban service commenced with one train in each direction each day. In 1871, trackage was 300''see separate pages for details.''
*[[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]]; opened 1902. A metre gauge branch of ==BB&CIRBridges and Constructions==*See [[Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway]]; opened 1897. A metre gauge branch of Bombay,_Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Bridges_and_Constructions| '''BB&CIR. Extended 1922 and named [[Dholka-Dhandhuka Railway]].*Godhra-Ratlam-Nagda Railway; first section opened 1897. A broad gauge(BG) line. Initially worked by, Bridges and finally merged into BB&CIR.*[[Mathura-Hathras Provincial RailwayConstructions''']]; opened 1875. Section of BB&CIR network
*[[Gujarat Railway Company]] - formed 1911. Owned and managed 3 lines [[Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway]]; [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway]]; [[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]]; all In 1918 the total length of line being worked by as the BB&CIR system (both owned lines and taken over 1922*[[Jaipur State Railway]]. Two State Railway branch managed/worked lines ) was 3823 miles(Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu, 1907 and Jaipur-Shaikhawati, 19166150km) opened plus a further 254 miles(407km); worked by BB&CIR and merged 1900 into BB&CIR*under construction or sanctioned for construction <ref name=Admin>[[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n21/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 12, pdf page 21]; formed from Rajputana State, Holkar, Scindia-Nimach and Neemuch Nasirabad Railways; worked then merged into BB&CIR(qv), 1900Retrieved 4 Nov 2016</ref> .
==See separate page '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked by BB&CIR at some time==]]''' for details.
*[[Baria State Railway]]; opened 1892. Independent Princely State railway; later renamed Baria-Piplod State Railway, ==Lines worked by BB&CIR ==*[[Bilimora-Kalamba State Railway]]; opened 1914-15. State line worked by The BB&CIR *[[Bodeli-Chhota Udaipur Railway]]; opened 1917-18also managed, worked and maintained a number of mixed gauge lines on behalf of other parties. State lineworked by BB&CIR *Broad gauge([[Broach-Jambusar RailwayRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]; opened 1914) -15*[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]] 1918 Total 202 miles(GBSR325km); Narrow Gauge network expanded from 1863 to 1929; initially worked by BB&CIR until 1924 own agency<ref name=Admin/>.*[[Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway]]; opened 1891; initially worked by BB&CIR; from 1921 by GBSR*Metre gauge([[Gaekwar's Petlad RailwayRail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]; opened 1890. Initially worked by BB&CIR; later by GBSR*[[Kosamba-Zankhvav Railway]]; opened 1912. Constructed and worked by GBSR and later BB&CIR*[[Mehsana) -Vadnager Railway]]; opened 1907. Worked by BB&CIR*[[Nagda-Mathura1918 Total 456 miles(Muttra733km) Railway]]; opened 1909. State line, worked by BB&CIR*[[Nagda-Ujjain Railway]]; opened 1896. State line, worked by BB&CIR*[[Palanpur-Deesa Railway]]; opened 1878<ref name=Admin/>. Construction commenced 1878; worked by BB&CIR*[[Patri Railway]]; opened 1873. Worked by BB&CIR*[[Petlad-Cambay Railway]]; In service 1901, worked by BB&CIR *Narrow gauge 2ft 6in([[Petlad-Vaso RailwayRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]; opened 1914) -15. State line, worked by BB&CIR*[[Piplod-Devgad-Baria Railway]]; opened c.1892. Independant Princely State Rly; later extended as Baria State Railway1918 Total 326 miles(qv523km), worked by BB&CIR*[[Rajpipla State Railway]]; Princely State Railways ([[Anklesvar -Rajpipla Railway]], 1897; [[Jhagadia-Netrand Railway]]<ref name=Admin/> 1915) worked by BB&CIR*[[Ratlam-Nagda Railway]]; opened 1896. Extension to [[Tapti Valley Railway]]; worked by BB&CIR*[[Rewari-Ferozepore Railway]] ; Under construction 1882, worked by BB&CIR*[[Tarapur-Cambay State Railway]]; opened <1908. Branch line worked by BB&CIR*[[Tapti Valley Railway]]; Company formed 1896; opened 1898; worked by BB&CIR from 1899. Extended 1901, and named [[Surat-Amalner Railway]]. *[[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]; opened 1902; owned by Baroda State; worked by BB&CIR
Unfortunately, there are no BB&CIR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
*'''L /AG/46/27''' “Records of the India Office relating to the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company; 1884-1922”
*Grant Road
*Marine Lines
*Church Gate
*Kolaba
‘Stations’ heading revised and corrections to ‘Textboxes’
|stations= [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], [[Broach]], [[Surat]]
|system1date= 1906
|system1details= Worked by reformed '''BBCIR'''BB&CIR
|system2date=
|system2details=
|company4details= [[Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway]]
|company5=
|company5details= [[Godhra-RutlamRatlam-Nagda Railway]]
|company6=
|company6details= [[Nagda-Ujjain Railway]]
|company12details= [[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]
|headquarters= [[Bombay]] (BG), [[Ajmer]] (MG)
|workshop= [[Parel]] (BG), see also [[Parel Railway Workshops]] <br>[[Ajmer]] (MG)|stations= '''[[Agra]]''', [[Ajmer]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], '''[[Bombay]]''', '''[[Cawnpore]]''', '''[[Delhi]]''', [[Indore]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rutlam]], [[Surat]]''See also heading '''Stations''' for major stations marked'' '''bold'''
|system1date=
|system1details=
|auxillary forces= [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Regiment]]
}}
[[File: Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Map 1909, north section.png|thumb| Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Map 1909 – north/east section]]
[[File: Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Map 1909, south section.png|thumb| Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Map 1909 – south/west section]]
[[File:BB&CI Railway System Map 1937.png|thumb| BB&CIR System 1937 Map]]
The '''Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company''' (BB&CIR) was incorporated in 1855 for "the construction and working of a line from Bombay, ''via'' Surat and Baroda, to Ahmedabad - total about 320 miles. Capital 2,300,000''l''. Rate of Interest Guaranteed - 5 per cent on 2,000,000''l''. capital and 4½ per cent . on 300,000''l''. debentures." <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.</ref>
== History ==
In 1852 [[John Pitt Kennedy]] was introduced in London to Lieutenant-Colonel French, who had been Acting Resident at the Court of the Guicowar of Baroda. Colonel French wanted to get up a company to construct a line of railway from [[Baroda]] to Tankaria Bunda, in the gulf of Cambay, a distance of about 45 miles. Colonel Kennedy joined him, but instead of the original line proposed, they projected what became the '''Bombay, Baroda, and Central India railway''' <ref name=grace>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Pitt_Kennedy_(1796-1879) Grace's Guide "John Pitt Kennedy"]Retrieved on 21 Apr 2016</ref>.
Their object was to open the most effectual line from Bombay, through the central and north-western districts, to meet the railway in progress of construction from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]], together with all the branches that such a line could require. In 1853 the '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] Company'''(BB&CIR) was formed with Colonel [[John Pitt Kennedy]] appointed as consulting engineer and managing director. A staff of engineers was sent to Bombay, and during the cold season of 1853, comparative surveys, sufficient to lay a well-considered scheme before the Government, were made <ref name=grace/>.
On the 3rd of November, 1854, the Governor-General, Lord Dalhousie, sanctioned the construction of the sections [[Broach]], and [[Baroda]], to [[Ahmedabad]], leaving the remainder of the scheme for future decision, and the work to be commenced at [[Bombay]]. The Home Government, however, decided that the work should be commenced at [[Surat]] <ref name=grace/>. Although on flat country, this. line had to traverse some of the mightiest rivers and water channels in the country including the [[Nerbudda (Broach) Bridge BB&CIR| Nerbudda Bridge near Broach]] and the [[Taptee (Surat) Bridge BB&CIR|Taptee Bridge near Surat]]
Construction commenced in 1855 and began work on track from [[Baroda]] to [[Surat]]. By 1865, the [[Bombay]]-[[Surat]]-[[Baroda]]-[[Ahmedabad]] route was complete in 1867. The [[Bombay Back Bay Reclamation Scheme Railway|Bombay Back Bay]] suburban service commenced in 1870 with one train in each direction each day. In 1871 the [[Bombay-Ahmadabad BB&CIR Main Line|Bombay-Ahmadabad Main Line]] was extended north to [[Viramgam]] to 350 miles (563km).
On 31 December 1905, ownership of the BB&CIR passed to the Government of India [[Government of India |(GoI)]] and a new company formed to manage the BB&CIR under a contract agreed in 1907 and revised in 1913.<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 12-22]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; page 118-120, paragraph 3.18-3.25] Retrieved on 2 January 2016</ref>.
Management of the BB&CIR passed to the GoI on 1 January 1942.
In 1951, the BB&CIR was split to form three Zones of [[Indian Railways]]:-*‘[[Western Railway]] Zone’ comprised most of the BB&CIR (less the Delhi-Rewari-Fazilka and Kanpur/Cawnpore-Achnera sections) merged with , which were added to other railways [[Western Railway|- ''see separate page'']]*‘[[Northern Railway]] Zone’ comprised the Saurashtra‘Delhi-Rewari-Fazilka Section’ , Jaipur State, Jodhpur (Marwarwhich were added to other railways [[Northern Railway| - ''see separate page'']] *‘[[North Eastern Railway]] Zone’ comprised the ‘Kanpur/Cawnpore-Phulad section)Achnera Section’ , Rajasthan and Cutch State which were added to other railways to become the Western [[North Eastern Railway, a zone of Indian Railways.| - ''see separate page'']]
==Branch Lines BB&CIR Collieries and extensionsCoal Supplies==''See separate pages''* ‘[[Jarangdih Colliery]] was a 'Joint BB&CIR and [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway| 'Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway']] Colliery* ‘[[Kurasia Colliery]] near Chirimiri was a 'BB&CIR Colliery’
==Railways absorbed into BB&CIRMain line, Branches and Extensions==The BB&CIR owned and operated an extensive network of railways of mixed gauge * Broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) - 868 miles/1397km (1905); 997 miles/1604km (1918); 1233 miles/1984km (1943)* Metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) - 2022 miles/3254km (1905); 1822 miles/2931km (1918); 1985/3195km miles (1943)* Narrow gauge 2ft 6in([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) - 132 miles/212km (1905); 326 miles/523km (1918); 152 miles/245km (1943)
See separate page '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]''' for details.
==Stations==
See separate pages for details of the Stations and Rail System into the following major Cities:-
* [[Agra_Railways_%26_Stations#Agra_Stations| ‘Agra Stations’]]
* [[Bombay_Churchgate_HQ_and_Station_BB%26CIR| ‘ Bombay Churchgate Stations’]]
*[[Bombay_Central_Station_BB%26CIR| ‘Bombay Central Station’ from 1930]]
* [[Cawnpore_Railways_and_Stations#Cawnpore_Stations| ‘Cawnpore Stations’]]
* [[Delhi_Railways_%26_Stations#Delhi_Stations| ‘Delhi Stations’]]
==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 relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British “British Library "Indian Office Records Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search"]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref> gives 151 a large number of references. The most important being:-
*'''L /AG/46/6''' “Records of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company; 1856-1947”
==StationsPersonnel Records==Unfortunately, there are no BB&CIR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]]. Only some records that have been found from different sources:-
See separate page '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Personnel]]''' for details.
==Historical books online==
*[https://archive.org/details/throughrajputan00stubgoog ''Through Rajputana to Delhi : An Ilustrated Guide to the Districts Reached by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway''] by Carlton Stubbs 1907 Archive.org
*[httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/.57412 ''Bombay Baroda Central India Railway Company: Traffic Statistics''] 1920 Pdf download. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.:[httphttps://dliarchive.sercorg/details/in.iiscernet.ernetdli.in/handle/2015/.57589''Bombay Baroda Central India Railway Company: Traffic Statistics''] 1921 Pdf download. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India.
== References ==
