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This line was also called the '''Navanagar State Railway''' after the district around Navanager and connected to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR) system at [[Rajkot]]. The line was worked as part of the BGJPR)system until 1911.
The BGJPR administrative coalition was dissolved in 1911 with the constituents going their independent ways. The 'Jamnager State Railway' worked its own railway from [[Rajkot]] to [[JamnagerJamnagar]]; with the [[Junagadh State Railway]] taking over the working of its system from [[JetslarJetalsar]] to [[VeravelVeraval]] including its branches.
In 1923, when the line was extended westwards to Kuranga and [[Dwarka]] where the system joined the [[Okhamandal State Railway]]. The two being renamed the '''[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]'''(J&DR) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamnagar_%26_Dwarka_Railway “Dwarka Railway” ]; Retrieved 31 Jul 2017</ref>, being responsible for the operation and maintainence of the two railways and linking [[Rajkot]] to Port Okha on the Gulf of Cutch,.
