Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway

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Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway
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Line of route
Champaner to Shivrapur
Gauge / mileage
2ft 6in NG 31 miles (1916)
Timeline
1911 Champaner to Shivrapur section opened
1915-16 Shivrapur to Pani opened in stages
1915 Line transferred to the Guzerat Railways Company
1922 Company taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Key locations
Presidency Bombay
Stations Champaner, Shivrapur, Pani
System agency
1911 Worked by Guzerat Railways Company
1915 Owned and worked byGuzerat Railways Company
1922 Company taken over by BB&CIR
How to interpret this infobox

The Champaner-Shivrajpur-Pani Light Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway and was served from Halol. Constructed for the Shivrajpur Syndicate Ltd of Bombay [1] ‘to afford railway communication to the Manganese Mines at Pani ...; the work of construction has been carried out by the Guzerat Railways Company who will undertake its working’ [2].

The first section, 17 miles(27km), opened in 1911 from Champaner Road to Shivrapur with a 1.7 mile branch to Shivrapur Mines. The line was transferred to the Guzerat Railways Company from Apr 1915 and the line extended to Pani in 1916, a total of 31 miles(49km) [1].

The railway was then owned and managed by the Guzerat Railways Company and in 1922 the company was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).

Further Information

See Guzerat Railways Company until 1922, then the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

References