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==Stations==
Bombay
*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]]
|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'''
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The [[1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Progress_on_State_lines._Paragraphs_5-10.3B_Pages_3-4| “1870-71 Annual Report for Indian Railways for the BB&CIR“]] gives:- [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|‘Broad Gauge (BG)]] Line sanctioned 391 miles(629km), total line opened 312 miles(502km) and 72 miles(116km) to be finished’. The Report also details of the [[1870-71_Report_on_Railways#Bombay.2C_Baroda_and_Central_India_Railway._Paragraphs_67.2C68.3B_Page_35|‘progress of the railway and the commercial summery’]] - ''see separate pages for details.''
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 Statewhich were added to other railways [[Northern Railway| - ''see separate page'']] *‘[[North Eastern Railway]] Zone’ comprised the ‘Kanpur/Cawnpore-Achnera Section’ , Jodhpur (Marwarwhich were added to other railways [[North Eastern Railway| -Phulad section), Rajasthan ''see separate page'']] ==BB&CIR Collieries and Coal Supplies==''See separate pages''* ‘[[Jarangdih Colliery]] was a 'Joint BB&CIR and [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway| 'Madras and Cutch State railways to become the Western Southern Mahratta Railway']] Colliery* ‘[[Kurasia Colliery]] near Chirimiri was a 'BB&CIR Colliery’ ==BB&CIR Bridges and Constructions==See [[Bombay, a zone of Indian Railways._Baroda_%26_Central_India_Railway_Bridges_and_Constructions| '''BB&CIR Bridges and Constructions''']]
==BB&CIR Main line, Branches and Extensions==
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==
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://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/57412 ''Bombay Baroda Central India Railway Company: Traffic Statistics''] 1920 Pdf download. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. :[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57412 Archive.org version].:[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/57589''Bombay Baroda Central India Railway Company: Traffic Statistics''] 1921 Pdf download. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India, [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.57589 Archive.org version].
== References ==
