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The Navsari-Kamrej Light Railway was sanctioned in 1914 to construct a steam tramway of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) linking Navsari to Kamrej, in the suburbs of [[Surat]] in Gujarat, with a line length of 20 miles (32km). The proposal by the Baroda Durbar had not been commenced at the time of the 1918 Administration Report.
 
The Navsari-Kamrej Light Railway was sanctioned in 1914 to construct a steam tramway of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) linking Navsari to Kamrej, in the suburbs of [[Surat]] in Gujarat, with a line length of 20 miles (32km). The proposal by the Baroda Durbar had not been commenced at the time of the 1918 Administration Report.
<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 39 ]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015</ref>
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<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n47/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Pages 39(pdf 47)]; Retrieved 7 Nov 2016</ref>  
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The 1918 Administration Report classified this under [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) who presumably would work the tramway as part of the BB&CIR network.
  
 
The project did not progress  
 
The project did not progress  

Latest revision as of 06:33, 7 November 2016

The Navsari-Kamrej Light Railway was sanctioned in 1914 to construct a steam tramway of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) linking Navsari to Kamrej, in the suburbs of Surat in Gujarat, with a line length of 20 miles (32km). The proposal by the Baroda Durbar had not been commenced at the time of the 1918 Administration Report. [1]

The 1918 Administration Report classified this under Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) who presumably would work the tramway as part of the BB&CIR network.

The project did not progress

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