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'''Barsi Light Railway''' (BLR)
The Barsi Light Railway Company owned and worked the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway that initially connected [[Barsi]] to the main Bombay-Madras trunk line of the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]] (GIPR) at '''Barsi Road''', a distance of 22 miles(35km).<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n222/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 214]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
Conceived by the ex-GIPR engineer, Everard Calthrop, the '''Barsi Light Railway''' revolutionised the approach to narrow gauge feeder lines in India, and was immensely successful. By 1927, the line had been extended significantly over 202 route miles(323km).
