Petlad-Cambay Railway

The Petlad-Cambay Railway was originally the Gaekwar's Petlad Railway which opened in 1896 between Petlad and Anand, a distance of 13 miles(21km). It was a broad gauge(BG) line and worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).

In 1901 the Petlad-Cambay Railway had created two BG sections, the entire line was worked by BB&CIR.

• Anand to Tarapur via Petlad, 21 miles(33km); owned by the Princely Baroda State; line completed June 1901
• Tarapur to Cambay, 12 miles(19km); owned by the Princely Cambay State; opened June 1901.

Later the railway was worked by Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway(GBSR)

External Links

• The India List and India Office List 1905
• IRFCA-Railway Network Sizes in 1891 and 1895