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Patri Branch Line

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'Kharaghoda Salt Works Railway' info and link added
'''Patri Branch Line''' also described as the '''Patri Railway'''was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) branch line, opened 1873 of a line length of 22 miles(35km) from [[Viramgam]] to [[Kharaghoda]]<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n22/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Page 13 (pdf 22) ]; Retrieved 4 Nov 2016</ref>
Broad gauge(Operated as a branch of the [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BGBombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]) line opened 1873, 22 miles(35km) from [[Bombay-Ahmadabad BB&CIR Main Line]]. At [[Kharaghoda]] the BB&CIR laid sidings on behalf of the ‘Bombay Salt Department’ and leased locomotives, wagons and personel to operate the [[ViramgamKharaghoda Salt Works Railway]]each year during the salt collection period normally from early April to mid May or the beginning of June Works’ <refname =darvill>[https“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://archiveirsshop.co.orguk/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#India. Reference: Entry GJ39 page/n22/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” Page 13 (pdf 22) ]; Retrieved 4 Nov 2016156-157</ref> .
Operated as part of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] [[Bombay-Ahmadabad BB&CIR Main Line]]
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