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The [[Bombay]] Port Trust Railway were a collection of sidings spurring off from the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] to the docks in the east. There were numerous spurs to:
 
*Victoria Dock
 
*Princes Dock
 
*Carnac Basin
 
*Malet Basin
 
*Frere Basin
 
*Clerk Basin
 
  
[http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Bombay1893.jpg  Bombay 1893 showing dock/ port sidings]
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The Port Trust Railway from Ballard Pier to Wadala was opened in 1915. Along this railway were built grain and fuel oil depots. The kerosene oil installations were developed at Sewri and for petrol at Wadala.

Revision as of 20:00, 29 June 2010

The Port Trust Railway from Ballard Pier to Wadala was opened in 1915. Along this railway were built grain and fuel oil depots. The kerosene oil installations were developed at Sewri and for petrol at Wadala.