Godhra-Lunavada Railway
| Godhra-Lunavada Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Line of route | ||
| Godhra-Lunavada | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| 2ft 6in NG | 25.5 miles (1914) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1912 Mar | Construction by Guzrat Railways Company sanctioned by Railway Board | |
| 1912 Dec | Godhra to Lunavada Road opened, 24 miles | |
| 1914 Sept | Line extended to Lunavada Town 1.5 miles | |
| 1922 | Company taken over by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bombay | |
| Stations | Godhra, Lunavada | |
| System agency | ||
| 1912 | worked by Guzrat Railways Company | |
| 1922 | Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Godhra-Lunavada Railway was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line, opened in 1912 and reached Lunavada in 1914. The railway length of 26 miles(41km) and was served from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway (BB&CIR) station Godhra.
The railway was owned and managed by the Guzrat Railways Company. The company was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) in 1922 [1]
Agreement
An Agreement was signed 30 Apr 1914 between the Secretary of State for India and Killick, Nixon & Company of Bombay with partners Lowther Robert Windham Frorest, Sir Henry Edward Eddleston Procter, Thomas William Berkett, Walter Henry Ogston and Harold Percival Hebblethwaite. The Company shall construct, complete and make ready and fit for opening for public traffic throughout on a route to be selected and determined by the Secretary of State, a railway, from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Station at Nadiad to Kapadvani; and a railway from the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Station at Godhra to Lunavada [2]
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [3] gives the following: -
- L/F/8/17/1360 “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914. (Note Catalogue typo error Godhra-Lunavada is the correct spelling)
Further Information
See Guzerat Railways Company until 1922, then the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 228; Retrieved 16 Feb 2018
- ↑ British Library ‘India Office Records’ F/8/17 (1360) “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914
- ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016