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Originally The original section from [[Vankaner]] to [[Morvi]] was built to 2' 6" Narrow Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) as a Tramway<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n202/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, it Calcutta; page 194]; Retrieved 24 May 2016</ref>. [[Richard Gardiner]] in 1887 was Manager-in-charge <ref>. [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA499 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 499 (pdf page 462 )] Retrieved on 24 May 2016</ref> and [[Willoughby Verner Constable]] was the Officiating Manager<ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 14 May 2016</ref>. The tramway was converted to Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) to match the other lines in [[Gujerat]] and [[Kathiawar]].
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n202/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 194]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref>
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Sometimes also known as the '''Wadhwan-Morvi State Railway'''
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_(India) Wikipedia "Western Railway (India)"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1948 the '''Morvi Railway''' was merged to form the [[Saurashtra Railway]]
