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'''Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway''', a private Company registered 1896. A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line 55 miles(88km) opened 1897 from [[Ahmedabad]] to [[ | |||
[[File:Ahmedabad- Parantij Railway.png|thumb| Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway]] | |||
'''Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway''', a private Company registered 1896. A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]), line 55 miles(88km), opened 1897 from [[Ahmedabad]] to [[Parantij]] and [[Himatnagar]] <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 25-27(pdf 34-35) ]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>. | |||
Extended to [[Idar]] later in 1897 <ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208633/page/n33 “Summary of the principal measures of the viceroyalty of the Earl of Elgin in the Public Works Department Jan 1894 to Dec 1898” page 20, Para 67 pdf 33]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>. | |||
Extended further to [[Khul Brahma]] in 1911 giving total 89 miles(142km) <ref name=Admin/> | |||
Worked as part of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] MG network<ref name=Admin/> | Worked as part of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] MG network<ref name=Admin/> | ||
'''Location Notes''' | |||
*[[Parantij]], now named Prantij | |||
*[[Himatnager]], not listed in the 'Imperial Gazetteer 1908' | |||
*[[Idar]], was previously called Ahmednagar and part of Idar State <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idar_State Wikipedia 'Idar State' ]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>. | |||
*[[Khul Brahma]], not listed in the 'Imperial Gazetteer 1908', now named Khedbrahma | |||
==Records== | ==Records== | ||