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Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed, citation clarified
The '''Dhond-Baramati Railway''' 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway was under construction in 1913 and owned by [[Central Provinces Railway Co Ltd]](CPR).
The line opened 1914-15 and it added to the prosperity of the sugarcane industry in the region. It was worked by [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR)
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n85/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 77]; Retrieved 17 Dec 20153 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Poona/PART%20IV/Chap%20%289%29/Railways.htm Goverment/Maharashtra "Gazetteer/Poona"]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/bitstream/1/15610/1/2806.pdf "Economic Life in the Bombay Decan" (1818-1939)" by R.D.Choksey; pages 145 and 178]; Retrieved 17 Dec 20153 Feb 2016</ref>
The railway came under Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]) management from 1925.
