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Tapti Valley Railway

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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, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Baroda and Central India RailwaySindkheda up to [[Amalner]](BB&CIR)<ref name=KGK/>.
The '''In 1901 the [[Surat-Amalner Great Indian Peninsula Railway]]''' had been commenced in 1886 to link (GIPR) built an extension from [[SuratBhusaval]] and the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at [[Amalner]] and owned by the Killick Nixon Company becoming the ''', thus in 1901 [[Tapti Valley RailwaySurat]] 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; page20Bhusaval]]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>were connected <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 - In 1942 the Vyara section of 100 miles was completed by 1896, followed Tapti Valley Railway Company became owned and managed by the Nandurbar section Government of 57 miles. When completed it covered 157 miles starting from India([[Surat]] via Udhna, Bardoli, Vyara, Nandurbar, Dondaicha, Virdel, Sindkheda up to [[AmalnerGovernment of India |GoI]]. )<ref name=nameIOR/>.
In 1901 the [[Great ==Records==Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Peninsula Railway]](GIPR) built an extension Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [[Bhusavalhttp://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]] and . This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the Jalgaon - Amalner rail extension UK records of further 34 miles across Parola, Dharangaon Indian Railways' with particular reference to join with its line with Tapi Valley Railway terminus at the [[AmalnerIndia Office Records]], thus in 1901 [[Surat]] - (IOR) held at the [[BhusavalBritish Library]] were connected.<ref name=name/>
An on-line search of the IOR records <ref name=IOR/> relating to this railway
gives 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 Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Company from 1899 (see IOR/L/AG/46/6). Owned and managed by Government from 1942’
*'''L/F/8/14/1010 ''' “Messrs. Killick, Nixon and Company, Agreement for the formation of a company for the construction of a railway from Surat to Nundurbar and on to Amalner, in connection with the Bombay, Baroda and Central Indian Railway Company; 1896”
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