Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway
1855 The Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway (BB&CI) was a company incorporated to construct a railway line between Bombay and Vadodara in India.
1860 Received Government Guarantee[1]
1864 The Bombay-Surat-Baroda-Ahmedabad route was completed. Total mileage=306.
1867 The first suburban railway in India was started by BB&CI, operating between Virar and Colaba, a station in Bombay Backbay.
1868 John Pitt Kennedy, Consulting Engineer; Francis Mathew, Chief Resident Engineer.[2]
1875 430 miles in operation
1885 Formed as a trunk line to connect Bombay with Agra, Delhi and Central India via Surat and Baroda. 461 miles in operation. T. W. Wood, Secretary; A. M. Rendel, Consulting Engineer.[3]
1905 December 31st Ownership of the BBCIR passed to the Government of India and a new company formed to manage the BBCIR under a contract agreed in 1907 and revised in 1913.
1918 Lines; 1,008 miles of 5ft 6in; 1,828 miles of metre gauge; 30 miles 2ft 6 in gauge; Additional 937 miles of mixed three gauges are worked for other state and companies. Officers - Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, Consulting Engineers; R. Woollcombe (Bombay), Agent; W. P. Peachey (Bombay), Traffic Manager; C. Richardson (Bombay), Chief Engineer; F. J. Page (Bombay), Locomotive and Carriage Superintendent. W. S. Fraser (Ajmere), Locomotive Superintendent; R. M. Thomason (Ajmere), Engineer-in-Chief; F. H. Addis (Ajmere), Carriage and Wagon Superintendent.[4]
1942 January 01st. Management of the BBCIR passed to the Government of India.
1952 The Kanpur-Achnera section became part of the North Eastern Railway