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Petlad-Cambay Railway

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The '''Petlad-Cambay Railway''' was originally the [[Gaekwar's Petlad Railway]]''' was which opened in 1896 between [[Petlad]] and [[CambayAnand]], a distance of 13 miles(21km). It was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line and worked by Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway(BB&CIR).
In 1903 a short extension was added bringing 1901 the track length to 32 miles(51km) and '''Petlad-Cambay Railway''' had created two BG sections, the entire line was worked by BB&CIR. <ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 18]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>At about this time it apparently became the '''*[[Anand]] to [[Tarapur]] via Petlad-Cambay Railway''' and also later it was worked by , 21 miles(33km)*[[Tarapur]] to [[Gaekwar's Baroda State RailwayCambay]], 12 miles(GBSR19km)
Later the railway was worked by [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR)
==External Links==
*[http://www.irfca.org/docs/19century-routes.html IRFCA-Railway Network Sizes in 1891 and 1895]
== References ==
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