Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway

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The Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway was a major British-era Indian railway company that operated extensive routes in western and central India before being absorbed into the Western Railway zone after independence.

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Surface form Occurrences
Great Indian Peninsula Railway 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British-era Indian railway company
railway company
contributedTo economic development of western India
integration of regional markets in western and central India
country British India
dateMergedIntoSuccessor 1951
foundedBy British colonial administration in India
gauge broad gauge
metre gauge
headquartersLocation Bombay NERFINISHED
historicalEra British Raj NERFINISHED
languageOfAdministration English
laterOwnership Government of India NERFINISHED
mergedInto Western Railway NERFINISHED
namedAfter Baroda NERFINISHED
Bombay NERFINISHED
Central India NERFINISHED
notableRoute Ahmedabad–Delhi trunk connection (via Rajasthan and central India) NERFINISHED
Bombay–Baroda–Ahmedabad main line NERFINISHED
operated freight services
passenger services
operatedInCity Baroda NERFINISHED
Bombay NERFINISHED
operatedInRegion central India
western India
partOf Indian Railways (post-merger) NERFINISHED
postIndependenceChange integrated into Indian Railways
primaryTerminus Bombay NERFINISHED
railwayZoneAfterMerger Western Railway zone NERFINISHED
servedCity Ahmedabad NERFINISHED
Indore NERFINISHED
Ratlam NERFINISHED
Surat NERFINISHED
Ujjain NERFINISHED
servedRegion Gujarat NERFINISHED
Madhya Pradesh NERFINISHED
Maharashtra NERFINISHED
Rajasthan NERFINISHED
status defunct
successor Western Railway NERFINISHED
trackOwnership privately owned under British rule
usedFor military logistics during British rule
transport of agricultural produce
transport of cotton
transport of textiles

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Western Railway zone formedByMergerOf Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Western Line historicalOperator Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
subject surface form: Western Line (Mumbai Suburban Railway)
Hyderabad State Railway connectedWith Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
this entity surface form: Great Indian Peninsula Railway