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The '''Godhra-Lunavada Railway''' opened in 1913, a length of 26 miles(41km)and served from [[Gohdra]].
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|image=
|caption=
|route= [[Godhra]]-[[Lunavada]]
|gauge1= 2ft 6in NG
|gauge1details=  25.5 miles (1914)
|gauge2= 
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1912 Mar
|timeline1details=  Construction by Guzrat Railways Company sanctioned by Railway Board
|timeline2date=  1912 Dec
|timeline2details= [[Godhra]] to [[Lunavada]] Road opened, 24 miles
|timeline3date=  1914 Sept
|timeline3details=  Line extended to [[Lunavada]] Town 1.5 miles
|timeline4date=  1922
|timeline4details=  Company taken over by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]
|timeline5details= 
|presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|stations= [[Godhra]], [[Lunavada]]
|system1date= 1912
|system1details= worked by [[Guzerat Railway Company|Guzrat Railways Company]]
|system2date= 1922
|system2details=  [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]
|system3date=
|system3details=
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The railway was owned and managed by the [[Gujarat Railway Company]]. The company was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) in  1922
[[File:Godhra-Lunavada Railway Map.png|thumb|Godhra-Lunavada Railway]]The '''Godhra-Lunavada Railway''' was a  2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, opened in 1912 and reached [[Lunavada]] in 1914. The railway length of 26 miles(41km) and was served from the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] (BB&CIR) station [[Godhra]].
<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"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>   
The railway was owned and managed by the [[Guzerat Railway Company|Guzrat Railways Company]]. The company was taken over by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) in  1922
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n236/mode/1up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 228]; Retrieved 16 Feb 2018</ref>
 
== Agreement==
An Agreement was signed 30 Apr 1914 between the Secretary of State for India and  [[Killick, Nixon & Company]] of [[Bombay]] with partners Lowther Robert Windham Frorest, Sir Henry Edward Eddleston  Procter,  Thomas William Berkett, Walter Henry Ogston and Harold Percival Hebblethwaite. The Company shall construct, complete and make ready and fit for opening for public traffic throughout on a route to be selected and determined by the Secretary of State, a railway, from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Station at Nadiad to Kapadvani; and a railway from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Station at Godhra to Lunavada <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records’ F/8/17 (1360) “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914 ''</ref>
 
==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 Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 26  Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/17/1360''' “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914. ''(Note Catalogue typo error Godhra-Lunavada is the correct spelling)''
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Guzerat Railway Company| Guzerat Railways Company]]''' until 1922, then the '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 11:05, 16 February 2018

Godhra-Lunavada Railway
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Line of route
Godhra-Lunavada
Gauge / mileage
2ft 6in NG 25.5 miles (1914)
Timeline
1912 Mar Construction by Guzrat Railways Company sanctioned by Railway Board
1912 Dec Godhra to Lunavada Road opened, 24 miles
1914 Sept Line extended to Lunavada Town 1.5 miles
1922 Company taken over by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Key locations
Presidency Bombay
Stations Godhra, Lunavada
System agency
1912 worked by Guzrat Railways Company
1922 Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
How to interpret this infobox
Godhra-Lunavada Railway

The Godhra-Lunavada Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line, opened in 1912 and reached Lunavada in 1914. The railway length of 26 miles(41km) and was served from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CIR) station Godhra.

The railway was owned and managed by the Guzrat Railways Company. The company was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) in 1922 [1]

Agreement

An Agreement was signed 30 Apr 1914 between the Secretary of State for India and Killick, Nixon & Company of Bombay with partners Lowther Robert Windham Frorest, Sir Henry Edward Eddleston Procter, Thomas William Berkett, Walter Henry Ogston and Harold Percival Hebblethwaite. The Company shall construct, complete and make ready and fit for opening for public traffic throughout on a route to be selected and determined by the Secretary of State, a railway, from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Station at Nadiad to Kapadvani; and a railway from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Station at Godhra to Lunavada [2]

Records

Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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 [3] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1360 “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914. (Note Catalogue typo error Godhra-Lunavada is the correct spelling)

Further Information

See Guzerat Railways Company until 1922, then the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

References

  1. " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 228; Retrieved 16 Feb 2018
  2. British Library ‘India Office Records’ F/8/17 (1360) “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914
  3. “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016