Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway
- Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway
The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway (BB&CI) was a company incorporated in 1855 to undertake the task of constructing a railway line between Bombay and Surat in India. BB&CI completed the work in 1864. The first suburban railway in India was started by BB&CI started between Virar and a station in Bombay Backbay in the 1867. On 5 November 1951 the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway was merged with the Saurashtra, Rajputana and Jaipur railways to give rise to the Western Railway.
ee also
* Frederick William Stevens, architect and engineer
* Charles Ollivant, company director
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