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Bilimora-Kalamba State Railway

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The '''Bilimora-Kalamba State Railway''' was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Baroda State]]. The 2ft The2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line of 34 miles(54km) opened in 1914 from [[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 42-43]; Retrieved 5 Nov 201612 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’ .
Approval was granted in 1914 for a further 28 miles(29km) extension <ref name=Admin/>, but there is the line was only evidence for constructed a 3 milefurther 5 miles(5km8km) extension as far as Wagha giving a total track length of 39 miles. The line then became known as the '''Bilimora-Waghai.Railway'''
The railway was managed, maintained and worked by the [[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 information ==
See Up to 1921 see '''[[Bombay, Baroda and & Central India RailwayNetwork - Lines owned and worked|BB&CIR Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''
and From 1921 see '''[[Bombay, Gaekwar's Baroda & Central India State Railway Network - Lines owned and worked|BB&CIR Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''
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