Situated between Platform No. 7 & Pandya Bridge is a huge red building, which once was a Shed, for the Royal Saloons of the then Maharaja Sayajirao Gaekwad III. This tall building was standing as a testament to the old ties of the princely State of Baroda and the Railways. The Building : The building was built around 1880’s was…
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Located near the Pratapnagar Railway Station, the Railway Heritage Park was established to commemorate the occasion of completion of 150 Years of the arrival of Railways in Vadodara. The story of the development of Railways has been depicted in Park. It also underlines the economic & political changes associated with the Railways. Attractions: The park is divided into two parts,…
Inaugurated on 10th November 2010, the Dabhoi Heritage Park revisits the journey of railways. It looks back on the history of the Gaekwar Baroda State Railways (GBSR) through letters, photographs and time tables of a by-gone era when narrow gauge steam trains were the toast of the land. Dabhoi & the Railways: Dabhoi under the Gaekwars of Baroda grew into the…
Housed as a part of the clubhouse in the railway colony at Pratapnagar, the Pratapnagar Railway Museum lies at the end of the Railway Heritage Park. It was inaugurated on 27th January 1997. Attractions: The Heritage Gallery at the museum houses antiques from the days of the Gaekwar’s Baroda State Railway (GBSR); signaling boxes, portable generators and even cutlery, all…
Housing the only Railway University of India, the Pratap Vilas Palace was commissioned for the crown prince of Baroda in 1908. Now known as ‘The National Academy of Indian Railways’ or ‘Bharatiya Rail Rashtriya Akademy’ (in Hindi), earlier it was known as the Railway Staff College. Railway Academy : After independence, the Bombay Province had taken over these premises on lease…