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==Railways absorbed into In 1918 the total length of line being worked as the BB&CIR==*[[Gujarat Railway Company]] - formed 1911. Owned system (both owned lines and managed 3 lines [[Champaner-Shivrajpur- Pani Light Railway]]; [[Godhra-Lunavada Railway]]; [[Nadiad-Kapadvanj Railway]]; all /worked by BB&CIR and taken over 1922*[[Jaipur State Railway]]. Two State Railway branch lines ) was 3823 miles(6150km) opened plus a further 254 miles(Jaipur-Sawai Madhopu, 1907 and Jaipur-Shaikhawati, 1916407km); worked by BB&CIR and merged 1900 into BB&CIR*under construction or sanctioned for construction <ref name=Admin>[[Rajputana-Malwa Railway]https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n21/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 12, pdf page 21]; formed from Rajputana State, Holkar, Scindia-Nimach and Neemuch Nasirabad Railways; worked then merged into BB&CIR(qv), 1900Retrieved 4 Nov 2016</ref> .
==Lines worked by BB&CIR at some time==*See separate page '''[[Baria State Railway]]; opened 1892. Independent Princely State railway; later renamed Baria-Piplod State RailwayBombay, worked by BBBaroda &CIR *[[Bilimora-Kalamba State Central India Railway]]; opened 1914Network -15. State line Lines owned and worked by BB&CIR *[[Bodeli-Chhota Udaipur Railway]]; opened 1917-18''' for details. State lineworked by BB&CIR *[[Broach-Jambusar Railway]]; opened 1914-15*[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]] (GBSR); Narrow Gauge network expanded from 1863 to 1929; initially ==Lines worked by BB&CIR until 1924 own agency.==*[[Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway]]; opened 1891; initially worked by The BB&CIR; from 1921 by GBSR*[[Gaekwar's Petlad Railway]]; opened 1890. Initially also managed, worked by BB&CIR; later by GBSR*[[Kosamba-Zankhvav Railway]]; opened 1912and maintained a number of mixed gauge lines on behalf of other parties. Constructed and worked by GBSR and later BB&CIR*Broad gauge([[Mehsana-Vadnager RailwayRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]; opened 1907. Worked by BB&CIR*[[Nagda) -Mathura1918 Total 202 miles(Muttra325km) Railway]]; opened 1909<ref name=Admin/>. State line, worked by BB&CIR*Metre gauge([[Nagda-Ujjain RailwayRail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]; opened 1896. State line, worked by BB&CIR*[[Palanpur) -Deesa Railway]]; opened 18781918 Total 456 miles(733km) <ref name=Admin/>. Construction commenced 1878; worked by BB&CIR*[[Patri Railway]]; opened 1873. Worked by BB&CIR*Narrow gauge 2ft 6in([[Petlad-Cambay RailwayRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]; In service 1901, worked by BB&CIR *[[Petlad-Vaso Railway]]; opened 1914) -15. State line, worked by BB&CIR*[[Piplod-Devgad-Baria Railway]]; opened c.1892. Independant Princely State Rly; later extended as Baria State Railway1918 Total 326 miles(qv523km), worked by BB&CIR*[[Rajpipla State Railway]]; Princely State Railways ([[Anklesvar -Rajpipla Railway]], 1897; [[Jhagadia-Netrand <ref name=Admin/>. Railway]]> 1915) worked by BB&CIR*[[Ratlam-Nagda Railway]]; opened 1896. Extension to [[Tapti Valley Railway]]; worked by BB&CIR*See separate page '''[[Rewari-Ferozepore Railway]] ; Under construction 1882Bombay, worked by BBBaroda &CIR*[[TarapurCentral India Railway Network -Cambay State Railway]]; opened <1908. Branch line Lines owned and worked by BB&CIR*[[Tapti Valley Railway]]; Company formed 1896; opened 1898; worked by BB&CIR from 1899''' for details. Extended 1901, and named [[Surat-Amalner Railway]]. *[[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]; opened 1902; owned by Baroda State; worked by BB&CIR
Revised 'History'. Link to new seperate page BB&CIR Lines Owned and Worked '
In 1852 [[John Pitt Kennedy]] was introduced in London to Lieutenant-Colonel French, who had been Acting Resident at the Court of the Guicowar of Baroda. Colonel French wanted to get up a company to construct a line of railway from [[Baroda]] to [[Tankaria Bunda]], in the gulf of Cambay, a distance of about 45 miles. Colonel Kennedy joined him, but instead of the original line proposed, they projected what became the '''Bombay, Baroda, and Central India railway''' <ref name=grace>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Pitt_Kennedy_(1796-1879) Grace's Guide "John Pitt Kennedy"]Retrieved on 21 Apr 2016</ref>.
Their object was to open the most effectual line from Bombay, through the central and north-western districts, to meet the railway in progress of construction from [[Calcutta]] to [[Delhi]], together with all the branches that such a line could require. Upon In 1853 the formation of the company '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]] Company'''(BB&CIR) was formed with Colonel [[John Pitt Kennedy was ]] appointed as consulting engineer and managing director. A staff of engineers was sent to Bombay, and during the cold season of 1853, comparative surveys, sufficient to lay a well-digested considered scheme before the Government, were made <ref name=grace/>.
On the 3rd of November, 1854, the Governor-General, Lord Dalhousie, sanctioned the construction of the sections [[Broach]], and [[Baroda]], to [[Ahmedabad]], leaving the remainder of the scheme for future decision, and the work to be commenced at [[Bombay]]. The Home Government, however, decided that the work should be commenced at [[Surat]] <ref name=grace/>. Although on flat country, this. line had to traverse some of the mightiest rivers and water channels in the country including the Narmada River near Baruch.
Construction commenced in 1855 and began work on track from [[Baroda]] to [[Surat]]. By 1865, the [[Bombay]]-[[Surat]]-[[Baroda]]-[[Ahmedabad]] route was complete; in 1867, the Virar -Bombay Backbay suburban service commenced with one train in each direction each day. In 1871, trackage was 300 miles (480km).
In 1951, the BB&CIR (less the Delhi-Rewari-Fazilka and Kanpur-Achnera sections) merged with the Saurashtra, Jaipur State, Jodhpur (Marwar-Phulad section), Rajasthan and Cutch State railways to become the Western Railway, a zone of Indian Railways.
==Branch Lines BB&CIR Main line, Branches and extensionsExtensions==*[[Ahmedabad-Dholka Railway]]; opened 1902. A metre gauge branch of The BB&CIR. owned and operated an extensive network of railways of mixed gauge *Broad gauge([[Dholka-Dhandhuka RailwayRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) - 868 miles/1397km (1905); opened 1922 as an extension to the above.997 miles/1604km (1918); 1233 miles/1984km (1943)*Metre gauge([[Ahmedabad-Parantij RailwayRail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) - 2022 miles/3254km (1905); 1822 miles/2931km (1918); opened 1897. A metre gauge branch of BB&CIR. 1985/3195km miles (1943)*Narrow gauge 2ft 6in([[Godhra-Ratlam-Nagda RailwayRail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) - 132 miles/212km (1905); first section opened 1897. A broad gauge326 miles/523km (BG1918) line. Initially worked by, and finally merged into BB&CIR.*[[Mathura-Hathras Provincial Railway]]; opened 1875. Section of BB&CIR network152 miles/245km (1943)
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