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A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) which was later extended to [[Dhandhuka]] and an end-on junction with the [[Bikaner State Railway]].
[[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]], a private Company registered 1901; Metre gauge([[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, 33 miles(53km) opened 1903 from [[Saharmati]] to [[Dholka]]; worked as part of BB&CIR network <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n33/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Pages 24-25(pdf 33-34) ]; Retrieved 4 Nov 2016</ref>.
<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 24]; Retrieved 15 Dec 2015</ref>
 
The line was later extended to [[Dhandhuka]] and an end-on junction with the [[Bikaner State Railway]] <ref name=Admin/>.


==Records==
==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]]
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]]


This railway was worked by a State Railways and the following IOR records are held.
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   Jan 2016</ref>
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Indian Office Records” - Search]; Retrieved 19 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/1-20''' : "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
*'''L/AG/46/20''' "Records relating to Ahmadabad-Dholka Railway; 1901-1908”
*'''Z/L/F/8/1-2''' : "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
 
*'''L/AG/46/20''' : "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways”
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''
 
and '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 08:14, 16 June 2020

Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway
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Line of route
Ahmedabad to Dholka
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 33 miles(1905)
Timeline
1901 Formed
1902/3 Opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bombay
Stations
System agency
Worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
How to interpret this infobox

Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway, a private Company registered 1901; Metre gauge(MG) line, 33 miles(53km) opened 1903 from Saharmati to Dholka; worked as part of BB&CIR network [1].

The line was later extended to Dhandhuka and an end-on junction with the Bikaner State Railway [1].

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 [2] gives the following: -

  • L/AG/46/20 "Records relating to Ahmadabad-Dholka Railway; 1901-1908”

Further Information

See Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

and Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked

References