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|company12details= [[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]
|headquarters= [[Bombay]] (BG), [[Ajmer]] (MG)
|workshop= [[Parel]] (BG), [[Ajmer]](MG)
|stations= [[Agra]], [[Ajmer]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Baroda]], [[Cawnpore]], [[Delhi]], [[Indore]], [[Jaipur]], [[Rutlam]], [[Surat]]
|system1date=
|system3details=
|gauge1= Broad gauge
|gauge1details= 868 miles (1905)<br>1233 miles (1943)
|gauge2= Metre gauge
|gauge2details= 2022 miles (1905)<br>1985 miles (1943)
|gauge3= 2'6" NG
|gauge3details= 132 miles (1905)<br>152 miles (1943)
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|gauge4details=
Formed 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. In 1901, the [[Indian Midland Railway]] was merged into the BBCIR and on 31 December 1905, ownership of the BBCIR passed to the Government of India (GoI). Management of the BBCIR passed to the GoI on 1 January 1942.
On 31 December 1905, ownership of the BBCIR passed to the Government of India (GoI) and a new company formed to manage the BBCIR under a conract agrred in 1907 and revised in 1913. Management of the BBCIR passed to the GoI on 1 January 1942. In 1951, the BBCIR (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).
