Godhra-Lunavada Railway

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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 Gohdra.

The railway was owned and managed by the Guzerat Railway Company. The company was taken over by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR) in 1922 [1]

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 [2] gives the following: -

  • L/F/8/17/1361 “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914. (Note Catalogue typo error Godhra-Lunavada is correct)

References

  1. ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 228; Retrieved 26 Dec 2016
  2. ↑ “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 26 Jan 2016
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