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Gaekwar's Petlad Railway

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The '''Gaekwar's Petlad Railway'''was opened in 1896 between [[Petlad]] and [[Cambay]], 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).
Initially In 1903 a short extension was added bringing the track length to 32 miles(51km) and the entire line was worked by BB&CIR(qv); .  At about this time it apparently became the '''[[Petlad-Cambay Railway]]''' and also later it was worked by [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR(qv)  ==External Links==*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA412&lpg=PA412&dq=Petlad-Cambay+Railway&source=bl&ots=eoKF25izT3&sig=dusWgQ1um3G5MMaRpx5OckIsNc0&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CFkQ6AEwCWoVChMIlcSyyquayQIVgSwPCh21sgX2#v=onepage&q=Petlad&f=false The India List and India Office List 1905]*[http://www.irfca.org/docs/19century-routes.html IRFCA-Railway Network Sizes in 1891 and 1895]
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