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Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway – Lines owned and worked

https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n5/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages as noted in text]; Retrieved 1 Nov 2016</ref>

BG Lines - owned and operated by BB&CIR. Total 1918 997 miles(1604km)

  • Bombay-Ahmadabad Main Line; BG line, first section opened 1860, completed 1865 linking Bombay via Surat and Baroda to Ahmedabad, 310 miles(496km); with southerly suburban service extension reaching Bombay Backbay(Colaba) in 1870 and a northerly extension in 1871 to Viramgam, giving a total of 250 miles(560km). Page 13 (pdf 22)
    • Godhra Branch from Main Line; BG line from Ananred 1874, reaching Godhra 1882, 49 miles(79km). Page 13 (pdf 22)
    • Patri Branch from Main Line, also described as the Patri Railway ; BG line opened 1873, 22 miles(35km) from Kharaghoda to Viramgam. Page 13 (pdf 22)
    • Godhra-Baroda Chord from Main Line; BG line opened 1908, 43 miles(68km) from Godhra to Baroda. Page 13 (pdf 22)
  • Godhra-Rutlam-Nagda Section from Main Line; BG line from Godhra to Rutlam 1894 and Ratlam-Nagda Railway extension to Nagda 1896; 141 miles(226km). Page 13 (pdf 22)

BG Lines - managed, worked and maintained by BB&CIR Total 1918 1812 miles(2916km)

MG Lines - owned and operated by BB&CIR

  • Delhi-Ahmedabad Main Line; MG line, first section, originally named the Rajputana State Railway opened 1873 from Delhi reaching Ahmedabad in 1879, 579 miles(926km); merged to form Rajputana-Malwa State Railway in 1882; becoming in 1900 the MG Ratlam Division of BB&CIR; a further short link to the Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway was added in 1908. Page 22 (pdf 31)
    • Viramgam-Wadhwan Branch from Main Line; MG line 39 miles(62km) from Viramgam to Wadhwan; first opened as BG in 1872 and converted to MG in 1902. Page 22 (pdf 31)
    • Farukhudgar Salt Branch from Main Line; MG line 7.6 miles(11km). Page 22 (pdf 31)
    • Agra Branch from Main Line; MG line 94 miles(150km) from Bandikui to Agra Fort; opened 1873-4 and extended to Jamina River, East Bank in 1876. Page 22 (pdf 31)
    • Sambhar Lake Salt Branch from Main Line with extensions; MG line, first section opened 1875 with extension to japog, Jhowra and Kankaroola; finally 33 miles(53km) in 1891. Page 22 (pdf 31)
  • Malwa Section Main Line; MG line, first section, originally named the Holkar State Railway opened 1874 from Khanwa to Sanawad; linking to the Scindia-Neemuch Railway from Indore reaching Neemuch in 1880; linking to the Neemuch Nasirabad State Railway reaching Nasirababad in 1881 joining to the Nasirabad-Ajmer section that had opened in 1876; total length 392 miles(627km; all these railways merged to form Rajputana-Malwa State Railway in 1882; becoming in 1900 the MG Ratlam Division of BB&CIR. Page 22 (pdf 31)
    • Ujjain Branch from Malwa Section Main Line; MG line, first section 12 miles(19km) opened 1876 from Fatehabad to Ujjain crossing Sipra River to Ujjain City in 1884. Page 22 (pdf 31)
  • Cawnpore-Achnera Section Main Line; MG line, first section opened 1875 from Muttra as the Mathura-Hathras Provincial Railway; extended linking to Cawnpore by 1884 with connection to Achnera and other minor branches giving total 254 miles(406km) . Page 22 (pdf 31)
  • Rewari-Bhatinda-Fazilka Section; MG line 262 miles(419km) from Rewari to Fazilka, which included the greater part of the Rewari-Ferozepore Railway, opened 1883-5. The Rewari-Phulera Chord 133 miles opened 1905. Page 22 (pdf 31)

MG Lines - managed, worked and maintained by BB&CIR

  • Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway Company registered 1901; MG line 33 miles(53km) opened 1903 from Saharmati to Dholka; worked as part of BB&CIR network. Pages 24-25 (pdf 33-34)
  • Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway Company registered 1896 ; MG line 55 miles(88km) opened 1897 from Ahmedabad to Himmatnager; extended to Khul Brahma in 1911 giving total 89 miles(142km); worked as part of BB&CIR network. Pages 25-27 (pdf 34-36)
  • Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway; owned by the Princely Baroda State; MG line 21 miles(34km) opened 1887 from Mehsana to Vadnagar; progressively expanded from 1888 through to 1921 to a total of 193 miles(309km); worked as part of BB&CIR network. Pages 27-29 (pdf 36-38) and from 1921 by GBSR
  • Jaipur State Railway; owned by Jaipur Durbar; MG line 73 miles(117km) from Jaipur to Sawai Madhopu 1905-7 ; further extended from 1916 to a planned 179 miles(286km);and Jaipur to Shaikhawati, 1916; worked as part of BB&CIR network. Pages 29-30 (pdf 38-39)
  • Palanpur-Deesa Railway; jointly owned by the Palanpur Durbar and Government of India(GoI); MG line 17 miles(27km) opened 1893 from Palanpur to Docan; worked as part of BB&CIR network. Pages 31-32 (pdf 40-41)
  • Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway; owned by the Princely Baroda State; MG line of 41 miles(65km) opened 1902-3 from Vijapur to Kadi and extended by a further 5 miles(8km) in 1912 with approval in 1916 for a further 21 miles(34km); worked as part of BB&CIR network. Pages 32-33 (pdf 41-42)

NG 2ft 6in Lines - owned and operated by BB&CIR

NG 2ft 6in Lines - managed, worked and maintained by BB&CIR

NG 2ft 6in Railways, worked by BB&CIR

  • Baria State Railway; owned by the Princely Baria State; NG 2ft 6in line apparently approximately 7 miles(11km) between Piplod and Devgadh Baria, opened 1892; later renamed Baria-Piplod State Railway; worked as part of BB&CIR network.

NG 2ft 6in Railways absorbed into BB&CIR

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