Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway

Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway

Industry	Railways
Successor	Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
Headquarters	India
Services	Rail transport

Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway (GBSR) or Gaikwad Baroda State Railway was a narrow gauge railway line owned by the Princely State of Baroda, which was ruled by the Gaekwar dynasty.

History

The railway track has the distinction of being the first narrow-gauge line to be laid in British India, and also the first railway to be owned by any Princely State of India. In 1862, Maharaja Khanderao Gaekwad, the Maharaja of Baroda, inaugurated 8 miles (13 km) of a 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) railway line from Dabhoi to Miyagam. Oxen were used to haul the train, although in 1863, Nielson & Co. built a locomotive to be operated on the line from Dabhoi to Miyagram, as the 6.5 km/m rails were not suited for the regular use of an engine.

Later, during the rule of Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III, the railway's network was further expanded. In 1873, the Dabhoi-Miyagam line (the first 2 ft 6 in (762 mm) line) was re-laid with stronger rails to allow locomotives to be used, rather than oxen. However, locomotives were not regularly used on the line until 1880. During the Maharaja's reign, railway network extended to Goyagate, Chandod, Bodeli and Samalaya Jn with Dabhoi as its focal point.

In 1949, the GBSR was merged with the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway which was subsequently merged in 1951 with other adjacent zones to form Western Railway.

The narrow-gauge line is currently under conversion to broad gauge.^[2]

Rolling stock

In 1936, the company owned 66 locomotives, 3 railcars, 483 coaches and 1674 goods wagons.^[3]

Classification

It was labeled as a Class II railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.^[4]^[5]

References

^ "GBSR - Gaekwars Baroda State Railways | History of Vadodara - Baroda". History of Vadodara - Baroda. 1 January 2010. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ "Dabhoi-Bodeli broad gauge section to become operational". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 221.
^ "Indian Railway Classification". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 220–223.

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