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1918 Admin Report details checked/added/corrected
The '''[[Surat-Amalner Railway]]''' had been commenced in 1886 to link [[Surat]] to [[Amalner]] and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the '''[[Tapti Valley Railway]] Company''' when the company was formed in 1896.
<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; page20]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref><ref name=name>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_Gurjar_Kshatriyas_contributions_to_the_Indian_railways Wikipedia "KGK Contributions" Section 1.4/1880-90/Tapti Valley]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
The line was 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 starting from [[Surat]] via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to [[Amalner]].
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