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The network was progressively expanded from 1888 through to 1921 to a total of 193 miles(309km). | The network was progressively expanded from 1888 through to 1921 to a total of 193 miles(309km). | ||
<ref>[https:// | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n35/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 27-28]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
<ref>"Indian railways new chronology" by Keith Scholey</ref> | <ref>"Indian railways new chronology" by Keith Scholey</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:11, 3 February 2016
The Gaekwar’s Mehsana Railway was owned by the Princely Baroda State. The metre gauge(MG) railway first opened in 1887 with the line from Mehsana to Vadnagar a distance of 21 miles (34km).
The network was progressively expanded from 1888 through to 1921 to a total of 193 miles(309km). [1] [2]
Up to 1921 the network was worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).
From 1921 the network was worked by Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway(GBSR) and in 1928 a further 26 miles(42km) were added.
References
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 27-28; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016
- ↑ "Indian railways new chronology" by Keith Scholey