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The '''Tapti Valley Railway Company''' was a private company formed in 1896.The broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line was worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)<refname=IOR>Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company[http://searcharchives.bl. IORuk/Lprimo_library/AGlibweb/46action/40search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 4 Feb 20016</ref>.

The broad gauge('''[[Surat-Amalner Railway]]''' had been commenced in 1886 to link [[Surat]] to [[Amalner]] and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the '''[[Rail_gaugeTapti Valley Railway]] Company''' when the company was formed in 1896.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#Broad_Gauge|BGpage/n28/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page20]; Retrieved 4 Feb 2016</ref><ref name=KGK>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_Gurjar_Kshatriyas_contributions_to_the_Indian_railways Wikipedia "KGK Contributions" Section 1.4/1880-90/Tapti Valley]) ; Retrieved 4 Feb 2016</ref>The line was worked developed in stages - the Vyara section of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed by the Nandurbar section of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles(251km) starting from [[BombaySurat]] via Udhna, Baroda Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to [[Amalner]] <ref name=KGK/>. In 1901 the [[Great Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) built an extension from [[Bhusaval]] and Central India the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railwayterminus at [[Amalner]], thus in 1901 [[Surat]]- [[Bhusaval]] were connected <ref name=KGK/>. In 1942 the Tapti Valley Railway Company became owned and managed by the Government of India(BB&CIR[[Government of India |GoI]])<ref name=IOR/>.

The '''[[Surat==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -Amalner Railway]]''' had been commenced in 1886 to link [[Surat]] to [[Amalner]] and owned by available from the Killick Nixon Company becoming the '''[[Tapti Valley Railway]] Company''' when the company was formed in 1896.<ref name=name>[http://enwww.wikipediafibis.org/wikistore/Kutch_Gurjar_Kshatriyas_contributions_to_the_Indian_railways Wikipedia "KGK Contributions" Section 1.4fibis-books-and-publications/1880bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-90railways-1845-1947/Tapti ValleyFibis shop]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>The line was developed . This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in stages - the Vyara section UK records of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed by Indian Railways' with particular reference to the Nandurbar section of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles starting from [[SuratIndia Office Records]] via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to (IOR) held at the [[AmalnerBritish Library]]. <ref name=name/>

In 1901 An on-line search of the IOR records <ref name=IOR/> relating to this railwaygives several references. The most important being:- *'''L/AG/46/40 ''' “Records of the India Office relating to the Tapti Valley Railway Company; 1896-1908”; with statement under Catalogue contents ‘Company formed in India in 1896. Line ran eastward from Surat City to Amalner via Nandurbar and Sindkheda, a distance of some 156 miles. Worked by the [[Great Indian Peninsula Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]Company from 1899 (GIPRsee IOR/L/AG/46/6) built an extension . Owned and managed by Government from [[Bhusaval]] 1942’ *'''L/F/8/14/1010 ''' “Messrs. Killick, Nixon and Company, Agreement for the formation of a company for the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension construction of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon a railway from Surat to Nundurbar and on to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at [[Amalner]], thus in 1901 [[Surat]] - [[Bhusaval]] were connected.<ref name=name/>connection with the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway Company; 1896”