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  [[File:Ahmedabad- Parantij Railway.png|thumb| Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway]]'''Ahmedabad-Parantij Railway''', a private Company registered 1896. A metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) , line 55 miles(88km), opened 1897 from [[Ahmedabad]] to branch [[Parantij]] and [[Himatnagar]] <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n33/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Pages 25-27(pdf 34-35) ]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>. Extended to [[Idar]] later in 1897 <ref>[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208633/page/n33 “Summary of the principal measures of the viceroyalty of the Earl of Elgin in the Public Works Department Jan 1894 to Dec 1898” page 20, Para 67 pdf 33]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>.  Extended further to [[Khul Brahma]] in 1911 giving total 89 miles(142km) <ref name=Admin/> Worked as part of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]MG network<ref name=Admin/> '''Location Notes'''*[[Parantij]], now named Prantij*[[Himatnager]], not listed in the 'Imperial Gazetteer 1908'*[[Idar]], was previously called Ahmednagar and part of Idar State <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idar_State Wikipedia 'Idar State' ]; Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>. *[[Khul Brahma]], not listed in the 'Imperial Gazetteer 1908', now named Khedbrahma ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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 <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/AG/46/21''' “Records of the India Office relating to the Ahmadabad-Parantij Railway; 1896-1910"; with the Catalogue note 'The Company was formed in India in 1896. Line ran from Ahmadabad City north to Parantij (Prantej), a distance of some 33 miles. Worked by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway from 1897 (see L/AG/46/6). ==Further Information== See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]''' and '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]''' == References ==<references />