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Revised Metre Gauge Section -pending [1].
[2].
GBSR Metre Gauge System in chronological order
The following lines were prior to 1921 worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) until transferred in 1921 to the newly formed Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway(GBSR):-
- ‘Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway’, 41 miles(65km) MG; owned by the Princely Baroda State; opened 1902-3 from Vijapur to Kadi and extended by a further 5 miles(8km) in 1912[3] [4]
- ‘Bhoyani Road-Bochraji Extension Railway’, 21 miles(34km) MG; owned by the Princely Baroda State; appoval granted in 1916 [5]
- ‘Mehsana-Vadnager Railway’Visnagar (or Vadnagar)- Vijapur Extension Railway (1906 Admin) page 18 Mehsana = Gaekwar’s Mehsana Railway =
After 1921 - Worked by GBSR
The 1936-37 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways” [1] gives the Route Mileage of the GBSR ‘Metre Gauge Division’ as 255 Miles(210km).
- ‘Khijadiya-Dhari Railway’, 37 miles(60km) MG [1]
- ‘Prachi Road-Kodinar Railway’, 16 miles(26km) [1]. Commissioned in 1935, the line was 3/4th completed and expected to be opened for traffic before January 1938 [6].
Further routes of the GBSR Metre Gauge system have not been identified
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” Download GIPE-017080.pdf page 120 (pdf 149); Retrieved 10 Feb 2018
- ↑ Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906 “Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17 / Native States Lines” page 17 (pdf44; Retrieved 10 Feb 2018
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Page 32 (pdf 40) ; Retrieved 7 Nov 2016
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India", v. 8, p. 331.; Retrieved 14 Feb 2018
- ↑ “Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17 / Native States Lines” page 17]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2018
- ↑ “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” Download GIPE-017080.pdf page 42 (pdf 57); Retrieved 10 Feb 2018