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The '''Godhra-Ratlam-Nagda Railway''' was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line first opened in 1893 with the section fro from [[Ratlam]], 1894 and [[Nagda]] 1895.
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V19_392.gif&volume=19 "Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 19, page 386 ... 1908"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
<ref>[http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1392957315076-history.pdf "History of Ratlam Division – Section 5. B.B. & C.I. Railway"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
The railway was worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) and finally merged into BB&CIR.
==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 22 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/13/984''' “Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway Coy Contract as to taking over and working the Godhra-Rutlam Railway. Supplemental to the contract dated 24th September 1884; 1893”
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