Tapti Valley Railway
The Tapti Valley Railway Company was a private company formed in 1896. [1]
The broad gauge(BG) line was worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR)
The Surat-Amalner Railway had been commenced in 1886 to link Surat to Amalner and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the Tapti Valley Railway Company when the company was formed in 1896. [2]
The line was developed in stages - the Vyara section of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed by the Nandurbar section of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles starting from Surat via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to Amalner. [2]
In 1901 the Great Indian Peninsula Railway(GIPR) built an extension from Bhusaval and the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at Amalner, thus in 1901 Surat - Bhusaval were connected. [2]