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[[File: Morvi Tramway and Railway Schematic Map.png|thumb| Morvi Tramway and Railway Schematic Map]]
1937 Report info added
[[File: Morvi Tramway pre 1905 Map.png|thumb| Morvi Tramway pre 1905 Map]]
The '''Morvi Tramway and Railway''' was owned and managed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Morvi State]].
<br>The development commenced as the narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) '''Morvi Tramway'''
==Morvi Railway==
[[File: Morvi Tramway and Railway Schematic Map.png|thumb| Morvi Tramway and Railway Schematic Map]]
''These Railway Lines are shown in ‘Grey’ in the schematic map''
<br>*[[Rajkot|Rajkot Junction]] to the ‘[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ running south and the [[Navanagar State Railway]] running west .''Both marked ‘Blue’ in the schematic map''
'''19241926'''. The ‘Morvi-Navlakhi ‘Than Junction to Chotila Branch’, 30 12½ miles(48km20km), was converted to opened as a MG, previously a NG Tramway which had opened in 1891 Branch Line<ref name=Hist1937/><ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 246 pdf 289]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2020</ref>
'''19261934'''. The ‘Than Junction to Chotila ‘Morvi-Navlakhi Branch’, 12½ 30 miles(20km48km) , was converted to MG, previously a NG Tramway ''(see above) '' which had opened as a MG Branch Linein 1891 <ref name=Hist1937/><ref name=Hist/>.
'''1948'''. The ‘Morvi Railway’ was merged to form the ‘[[Saurashtra Railway]]’
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 with a total route length of 1329 miles(212km) <ref name=Hist/>.
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Personnel==
