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Further expansion of the network initiated an Agreement, dated 9 May 1916 between the ‘Government of His Highness the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda’ and the BB&CIR for the ‘management, maintenance and working, by the Company, of the Miyagam-Malsar (“Line D”), Dabhoi-Jarod-Samlaya (“Line E”), , Masor Road-Jambusar ("Line F”), Samlaya-Savli-Timba (“Line G”) ... from the dates they are or shall have been opened for public traffic’ <ref name=Admin1918/>.
With the completion of the ‘Dabhoi-Jarod’ s Line’ in 1919 a total of 187 miles(299km) of ‘Gaekwars Dabhoi Railway’ was open <ref name=Admin1918/>.
The GDR became the narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) part of the '''[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]]''' (GBSR) on Oct 1st 1921 as result of the continued expansion or the network into Baroda State. At this time the NG system was 268 miles(429km) in length <ref >[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/railway-museum-auditorium/ “History of Vadodara – Railway Museum /GBSR” ]; Retrieved 12 Oct 2015</ref >.
<blockquote>''Note: Town Names – modern names in (brackets) as seen on Google Maps''
''[[Baroda ]] (Vadodora); [[Miyagam ]] (Miyaram), Chhota Udaipur (Chhota Udepur)''</blockquote>
* ‘Dabhoi –Miyagam ‘Dabhoi–Miyagam Line’ (“Red Line A”); 20 miles(32km) NG: 1862, the original Gaekwar's Dabhoi Railway, driven by oxen; 1873 Apr 4, line re-laid in stronger rails; 1878 Jan 8, date of reopening, locomotives introduced from about 1878. * ‘Dabhoi-Chandod Line’ (“Red Line B”); 11 miles(17km) NG: [[Dabhoi ]] to [[Chandod]], 11 miles(17km), 1879 Apr 15. * ‘Dabhoi-Bodeli Line’ (“Line B”); 22 miles(35km) NG: [[Dabhoi ]] to Sankheda Bahadarpur, 10 miles(15km), 1879 Sep 17; Sankheda Bahadarpur via Chhuchapura Junction to [[Bodeli]], 12 miles(20km), 1890 Jun 16.* ‘Dabhoi-Baroda Line’ (“Red Line B”); 19miles(34km) NG: Dabhoi to Goya Gate, 17 miles(31km), 1880 Jul 1; Goya Gate to [[Baroda ]] (Vishvamitri Station), 2 miles(3km), 1881 Jan 24.
* ‘Baroda-Masor Road Line’ (“Red Line C”); 20 miles(32km) NG: Baroda (Vishvamitri Station) to Padra, 7 miles(11km), 1897 Jul 1; Padra to Mobha, 6 miles(10km), 1903 Jul 10; Mobha to Masor Road, 7 miles(11km), 1904 Nov 1.
* ‘Miyaram Karjan-Malsar Line’ (“Red Line D”); 24 miles(44km) NG: extension to the ‘Dabhoi-Miyaram Line’; , first proposed in 1906 as the ‘GDR ‘ Miyagam-Sinor Branch’<ref name=Hist1906/>, and later extended giving total 44 miles(56km) from [[Miyaram ]] via Chorada Choranda Junction and Sinor to [[Malsar, 24 miles(44km)]], 1912 Jan 15
* ‘Dabhoi-Timba Line’ (“Red Line E”) 62 miles(100km) NG: Daboi to Jarod, 24 miles(38km), 1913 Nov 15; Jarod to Samlaya Junction, 5 miles(9km), 1915 Dec 13; Samlaya via Savli to Timba, 33 miles(53km) 1919 Feb 1
* ‘Masor Road-Jambusar Line’ (“Red Line F”); 7 miles(11km) NG: an extension of the ‘Baroda-Masor Road Line’ giving total 26 miles(43km) NG: Masor Road to reaching [[Jambusar, 7 miles(11km)]], 1917 May 1.
==Lines Worked as an extension to Gaekwar’s Dabhoi Railway(GDR)==
* ‘Broach-Jambusar-Masor Road(Kangat) Branch’, 31 miles (50km) NG: proposed 1903 then abandoned
<ref name=Hist1906/> The GDR ‘Jambusar‘Masor Road-Masor Road Jambusar Section’ was finally opened in 1917. ‘Jambusar-Broach Section’ was not connected to Jambusar until after the GBSR took over in 1921.
* ‘Kosamba- Zankavao Section’, 26 miles(42km) NG, surveyed in 1900 <ref name=Hist1906/>. Not constructed until after 1921 by the GBSR as part of the ‘Kosamba- Zankavao-Umarpada Line’.
* ‘Zankavao-Vajipur Section’, 26 miles(42km) NG, surveyed in 1903 <ref name=Hist1906/>, ''apparently never constructed.''
* ‘Nar-Nadiad Loop’ 20 miles(32km) NG, surveyed in 1905 <ref name=Hist1906/>. Finally constructed as part of the ’Nar-Petlad-Nadiad Line’ via Sojitra, Dewa(Deva), opened after 1921 by GBSR.
* ‘Bahadarpur -Garda-Songhir Extension’, c 8 miles(13km) NG, proposed before 1906 from Bahadarpur (on the ‘Daboi-Bodeli Line’ ) due south to Garda on the Heran River <ref name=Hist1906/>. ''Apparently not constructed.''
* ‘Miyagram-Sinor Branch’, c.20 miles(32km) NG, proposed 1906 <ref name=Hist1906/>. Opened in 1915 as part of the GDR ’Miyaram Karjan-Malsar Extension’.
* ‘Barodi-Savli Line’, 32 miles(51km) NG, proposed 1906 <ref name=Hist1906/>. The section Samlaya via Savli to Timba was opened in 1919. Baroda to Samlaya was completed after the GBSR took over in 1921.
