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'''Delhi-Ahmedabad BB&CIR Main Line'''
Metre gauge([[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, the first section, originally named the [[Rajputana State Railway]] opened 1873 from [[Delhi]] reaching [[Ahmedabad]] in 1879, 579 miles(926km); merged to form [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]] in 1882<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n21/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Page 13 (pdf 21) ]; Retrieved 4 Nov 2016</ref>.
Becoming in 1900 the MG Main Line of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR); a further short link to the [[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]] was added in 1908.
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Finally, after further expansion, became named the 'Ratlam Division of BB&CIR' which operated the MG network of BB&CIR
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
Metre gauge([[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, the first section, originally named the [[Rajputana State Railway]] opened 1873 from [[Delhi]] reaching [[Ahmedabad]] in 1879, 579 miles(926km); merged to form [[Rajputana-Malwa State Railway]] in 1882<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n21/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Page 13 (pdf 21) ]; Retrieved 4 Nov 2016</ref>.
Becoming in 1900 the MG Main Line of [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR); a further short link to the [[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]] was added in 1908.
<ref name=Admin/>.
Finally, after further expansion, became named the 'Ratlam Division of BB&CIR' which operated the MG network of BB&CIR
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked]]'''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
