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Guzerat Railway Company

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System Infobox added; IOR references put in chrono order; minor text changes
{{System_Railways_Infobox|image=|caption= |timeline1date= 1911|timeline1details= System formed|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1= 1911 |company1details= [[Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway]]|company2= 1913|company2details= [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway]] |company3= 1913|company3details= [[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]]|company4= 1917|company4details= [[Shivrajpur Light Railway]]|company5=|company5details= |company6=|company6details= |company7=|company7details= |company8=|company8details= |company9=|company9details= |company10=|company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= |workshop= [[Halol]] [[Gohdra]] [[Nadiad]]|stations= |system1date= 1911|system1details= Self administration|system2date= 1922|system2details= Managememt taken over by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]|system3date=|system3details= |gauge1= 2ft 6in Narrow gauge|gauge1details= |gauge2= |gauge2details=|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details= |auxillary forces= }} The '''Guzerat Railways CompanyLimited ''' Limited 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"; page 13]; Retrieved 11 Dec 201525 Feb 2016</ref>
*[[Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway]] opened in 1911 and extended up to 1916, a total of 31 miles(49km); it was served from [[Halol]].
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.”
*'''L/F/8/17/1361''' “Nadiad-Kapadvanj and Godhralunavada Railways, Agreement and indenture; 1914. ''(Note Catalogue typo error Godhra-Lunavada is correct)''
*'''L/F/8/19/1433 ''' “Guzerat Railways Company Limited, Contract in connection with acquisition and extension of the Shivrajpur Light Railway; 1917”
 
== Further Information==
See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]''' from 1922
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