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Bilimora-Kalamba State Railway

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The '''Bilimora-Kalamba State Railway''' was an Indian owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Baroda State ]]. The 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line; of 34 miles(54km) opened 1914from [[Bilimora]] reaching Kalamba ''(now named Kalva Amba)'' in 1917 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n42/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Pages 33-34, pdf 42-1543]; Retrieved 12 Feb 2018</ref>. [[Bilimora]] is an interchange station with the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]‘BB&CIR Mainline’ .
The line Approval was granted in 1914 for a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gaugefurther 28 miles([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]29km) linking [[Bilimora]] to [[Kalamba]] and worked by [[Bombay<ref name=Admin/>, Baroda and Central India Railway]]but the line was only constructed a further 5 miles(BB&CIR8km)<ref>[https://archiveas far as Wagha giving a total track length of 39 miles.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n41/mode/2up " Administration Report on The line then became known as the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 33]; Retrieved 30 Jan 2016</ref>'''Bilimora-Waghai Railway'''
The railway was managed, maintained and worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) as part of its NG network <ref name=Admin/>. The working arrangement was passed to in 1921 to the newly formed '[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]]'(GBSR) as part of its ‘Narrow Gauge 2nd Division’ <ref>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/gbsr-gaekwars-baroda-state-railways/ "History of Vadora/Baroda” – “Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway" Para 3]; Retrieved 12 Feb 2018</ref>.  ==Further Informationinformation ==See Up to 1921 see '''[[Bombay, Baroda and & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked|BB&CIR Network - Lines owned and worked]]''' From 1921 see '''[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]]'''
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