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The '''Baria State Railway'''was an Independent Princely State 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(railway owned by [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NGBaria State]]) railway, one of the line opened 1863.smaller [[Princely States]] with its capital at Devgadh Baria <ref>[httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devgadh_Baria Baria_State Wikipedia - "Devgadh Baria/King Mansinh"“Baria State” ]; Retrieved 9 Dec 20157 May 2017</ref>. The line opened to traffic on 1st January 1929 <ref name=IOR> British Library India Office Records IOR/L/8/F/20/1763 “Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Company, Agreement for working of Baria State Railway Government of H.H. the Raja of Baria State; 1929”</ref>.

Later The line, with a length of c.9 Miles(''date not determined''15km) became the '''Baria-Piplod State Railway'''; also known as '''Piplod-Devgad-Baria Railway''' linking the towns of , was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge ([[BariaRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] and ) railway, running from Piplod, a station on BB&CIR broad gauge([[PiplodRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) ‘Godhra-Rutlam Section’, to Devgadh Baria.

The line was worked initial proposal put forward by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) was for the [[Godhra]] to [[Ratlam]] section to pass via Devgadh Baria. However as [[Baria State]], wanted to remain independent, the plans were changed and permission was granted to route the railway through Piplod <ref name=Wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devgadh_Baria Wikipedia “Devgadh Baria”];Retrieved 7 May 2017</ref>.

There are indications that the line was referred to as the '''Baria-Piplod State Railway'''; also known as '''Piplod- Devgadh Baria Railway''' before the opening of the railway on 1st January 1929. In 1948 1929 the record shows an Agreement was made between ‘the Government of His Highness the Raja of Baria State ... and the Bombay Baroda and Central India Railway Company …. for working of a ... railway from Piplod to Devgad Baria and such extensions as it may be agreed upon … to include in this agreement on the 2’6” gauge hereinafter called the '''Baria State Railway''' <ref name=IOR/> In 1948 the railway was merged to form the '''[[Saurashtra Railway]]''' ==Further Information==See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]''' and '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''