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Map resized, 1937 mileages added
In 1918 the total length of line being worked as the BB&CIR system (both owned lines and managed/worked lines) was 3823 miles(6150km) opened plus a further 254 miles(407km) under construction or sanctioned for construction. Page 12 (pdf 21)
By 1937 the BB&CIR System was 3611 miles(5811km) of all three gauges. This showed a reduction from the 1918 mileage <br> In 1921 the working of the ‘[[Gaekwar’s Mehsana Railway]]’ transferred from BB&CIR to Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway, a mileage of 193 miles of MG <br<In 1936 the working of the ‘[[Jaipur State Railway]]’ transferred from BB&CIR tand reverted to the Jaipur Durbar, a mileage of 179 miles of MG The map shows the BB&CIR System in 1937 <ref>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf|Extracted From US Archive.com ‘History Of Indian Railways - Railway Department,Government of India, 1937’ pdf #58] pdf page copied, cut and marked as necessary]; Retrieved 19 Apr 2020</ref>.[[File:BB&CI Railway System Map 1937.png|thumbright| BB&CIR System 1937 Map]]
==BG Lines - owned and operated by BB&CIR==
