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Unfortunately, there are no BB&CIR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
'Personnel' added with 'References', plus layout corrections
==Branch Lines and extensions==
*[[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]]; opened 1902. A metre gauge branch of BB&CIR.
*[[Dholka-Dhandhuka Railway]]; opened 1922 as an extension to the above.
==Railways absorbed into BB&CIR==
*[[Gujarat Railway Company]] - formed 1911. Owned and managed 3 lines [[Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway]]; [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway]]; [[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]]; all worked by BB&CIR and taken over 1922
*[[Jaipur State Railway]]. Two State Railway branch lines (Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu, 1907 and Jaipur-Shaikhawati, 1916); worked by BB&CIR and merged 1900 into BB&CIR
==Lines worked by BB&CIR at some time==
*[[Baria State Railway]]; opened 1892. Independent Princely State railway; later renamed Baria-Piplod State Railway, worked by BB&CIR
*[[Bilimora-Kalamba State Railway]]; opened 1914-15. State line worked by BB&CIR
*[[Tapti Valley Railway]]; Company formed 1896; opened 1898; worked by BB&CIR from 1899. Extended 1901, and named [[Surat-Amalner Railway]].
*[[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]; opened 1902; owned by Baroda State; worked by BB&CIR
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search"]; Retrieved 21 Jan 2016</ref> gives a large number of references. The most important being:-
*'''L /AG/46/6''' “Records of the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company; 1856-1947”
==Personnel Records==
Unfortunately, there are no BB&CIR staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].
The only records that have been found :-
*[[James Robert Tickell]] was posted from [[State Railways]] to BB&CIR , from 1885 on loan as Assistant Engineer; Executive Engineer, 1893 and still in post 1905 <ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA630 Google Books "India List and India Office List, 1905" page 630 (pdf page 593)] Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>.
*[[Frederick James Page]],1909, BB&CIR, Assistant Locomotive Superintendent. He held various responsible positions with BB&CIR for nearly twenty-five years, and was concerned with the electrification of the Bombay suburban lines <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Frederick_James_Page Grace's Guide "Frederick James Page"]; Retrieved on 18 Jul 2016</ref>.
==Stations==
Bombay
*Grant Road
*Marine Lines
*Church Gate
*Kolaba
==Historical books online==
*[https://archive.org/details/throughrajputan00stubgoog ''Through Rajputana to Delhi : An Ilustrated Guide to the Districts Reached by the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway''] by Carlton Stubbs 1907 Archive.org
