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* ‘Masor Road-Jambusar Junction Line’ (“Red Line F”) 7 miles(11km) NG; opened by GDR 1917; transferred from GDR to GBSR, 1921.
* ‘[[Bodeli-Chhota Udaipur Railway]]’ (“Green Line H”) 22.5 miles(36km) NG; opened 1917. This was a separate Company worked by BB&CIR and transferred to GBSR, 1921.
* ‘‘Jambusar‘[[Broach-Broach Section’Jambusar Railway]]’, (“Blue Line J”) about 26 30 miles(42km48km) NG; from [[Jambusar]] via [[Samni]] to [[Broach]]; was completed constructed by GBSR the BB&CIR and opened in Nov 1914 as a branch of the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) <ref name=Admin.p35>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n43/mode/1up "Administration Report on ''date unknown''the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page35 (pdf43)]; Retrieved 13 Feb 2018</ref>. It was part of The line had been proposed in 1903 as the ‘Broach-Jambusar-Masor Road(Kangat) Branch’, 31 miles (50km) NG: proposed by GDR in 1903 <ref name=Hist1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/1up Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906 “Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17 / Native States Lines” page 17 (pdf44]; Retrieved 10 Feb 2018</ref> and . The GDR not completed until after the GBSR took over ‘Masor Road-Jambusar Section’ was finally opened in 19211917.
* ‘Nar-Petlad-Nadiad Line’, (“Blue Line K”),about 29 miles(46km) NG; from [[Nar Town]] to [[Petlad]](''see note'' ‡‡) and then via Sojitra, Dewa Deva, Vaso to [[Nadiad]] 29 miles. Part was first surveyed in 1905 as the ‘Nar-Nadiad Loop’ 20 miles(32km) <ref name=Hist1906/> and not completed until much later:-
**‘[[Petlad-Vaso Railway]]’, (“Purple Line S“) 16 miles(25km) NG, as a separate Railway Company. The line ran from [[Petlad]]‡‡ to Vaso and opened in 1914. This section was incorporated into the ‘Nar-Petlad-Nadiad Line’ given above, and was extended a further 3½ miles(6km) to Pihij in 1915. The line was operated by the BB&CIR and was absorbed into GBSR in 1921.
** ‘Nar-Petlad Section’ was completed by GBSR on ''date unknown''
** ‘Vaso-Nadiad Section’ was completed by GBSR on ''date unknown''
* ‘Choranda Junction-Moti Koral Line’, (“Blue Line L”) 12 miles(19km) NG, sanctioned in 1914 for the GDR <ref name=Admin1918p44>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n44/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 36]; Retrieved 10 Feb 2018</ref>. Finally completed and opened by GBSR in Nov 1921 <ref name=Scholey>”Indian Railways – A New Chronology” by permission of the author and researcher Keith Scholey</ref>.
* ‘Petlad-Bhadran Line’, (“Blue Line M”) 14 miles(22km) NG, opened by GBSR Jun 1922 <ref name=Scholey/>.The line connected [[Bhadran]] to the [[Petlad|Petlad Juction]](''see note'' ‡‡)
* ‘Motipura-Tankhala Taukhala Line’, (“Blue Line N”) 26 miles(42km) NG, sanctioned in 1914 for the GDR <ref name=Admin1918p44/>. Finally completed and opened by GBSR in Mar 1923 <ref name=Scholey/>. ''Motipura given in the 1918 Admin Report but not identified - thought it refers to the ‘Chhuchhapura Junction to Tankala Taukala Line’ of about 24 miles(38km).''* ‘Jambusar-Kavi Line’, (“Blue Line P”) 16 miles(26km) NG, from [[Jambusar]] to [[Kavi]], a village on the coast; opened by GBSR Aug 1929 <ref name=Scholey/>.
* ‘Samni-Dahej Line’, (“Blue Line R”) 42 miles(67km) NG, from [[Samni]] to Dahej, a village on the coast on the Gulf of Cambey; opened by GBSR Mar 1930 <ref name=Scholey/>.
<blockquote>''Note'' ‡‡ [[Petlad]] was station between [[Anand]] and [[Cambay]] on the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Petlad-Cambay Railway]] worked by [[BB&CIR]] which linked to the 'BB&CIR BG Mainline'. At this station there were interchange with the narrow gauge ‘Petlad-Bhadran Line’ also the ‘[[Petlad-Vaso Railway]]'</blockquote>.
The 1936-37 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways” gives the Route Mileage of the GBSR ‘Narrow Gauge Division’ as 333 Miles <ref name =Report1936-7>[http://hdl.handle.net/10973/18160 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways for 1936-37. Vol. I; Railway Department, Government of India” Download GIPE-017080.pdf page 120 (pdf 149)]; Retrieved 10 Feb 2018</ref>. In addition it separately lists under GBSR Narrow Gauge ‘Bodeli-Dhhota-Udaipur Railway’, 23 miles
===GBSR Metre Gauge System in chronological order===
The 1936-37 “Report by the Railway Board on Indian Railways” <ref name =Report1936-7/> gives the Route Mileage of the GBSR ‘Metre Gauge Division’ as 255 Miles(210km). It also separately lists under GBSR Metre Gauge ‘Khijadiya-Dhari Railway’, 37 miles(60km)and ‘Prachi Road-Kodinar Railway’, 16 miles(26km) under construction ''(page 120 and 41'')
''The routes of the GBSR Metre Gauge system have not yet been fully identified''
==Later Developments==
