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This railway was a State Railways and An on-line search of the following IOR records relating to Staff employment are held :-this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 20 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/FAG/846/1-2021''' : "Appointments “Records of the India Office relating to State Railways made in the UK 1855Ahmadabad-Parantij Railway; 1896-19461910" *; with the Catalogue note '''Z/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/FAG/846/1-26). ==Further Information== See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]''' : "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"*and '''L/AG/46/21[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]''' : "Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways”
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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]]) branch of the , line 55 miles(88km), opened 1897 from [[Ahmedabad]] to [[Bombay, Baroda Parantij]] and Central India Railway[[Himatnagar]].<refname=Admin>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration #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 Railways Earl of Elgin in India – corrected up the Public Works Department Jan 1894 to 31st March 1918"Dec 1898” page 20, Para 67 pdf 33]; Superintendent Retrieved 26 Apr 2019</ref>. Extended further to [[Khul Brahma]] in 1911 giving total 89 miles(142km) <ref name=Admin/> Worked as part of Government Printingthe [[Bombay, Calcutta; page 25Baroda 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 15 Dec 201526 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]]
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