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<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/isrs082004-steam-history.html IRFCA Steam History – Gujarat Lines"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
Records section added with text and source link; IRFCA reference deleted
The '''Guzerat Railway Company''' was formed in 1911 owned and managed a group of four 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway lines -
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17"]; Retrieved 11 Dec 2015</ref>
*[[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]] opened in 1913, a length of 28 miles(45m) and served from [[Nadiad]].
*The [[Shivrajpur Light Railway]] was brought by The Gujarat Guzerat Railway Company in 1917.
The management of these lines was taken over by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) in 1922
==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 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref> gives 4 references. The most important being:-
*'''L/F/8/19/1433 ''' “Guzerat Railways Company Limited, Contract in connection with acquisition and extension of the Shivrajpur Light Railway; 1917”
*'''L /F/8/20/1764''' “Guzerat Railways Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to those dated 30th April 1914 and 6th December 1917; 1929.”
== References ==
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