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The '''Rajpipla State Railway''' (RSR) was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]), the first 19 mile(30km)section from [[Anklesvar]] opening in 1897 and extended ran from , originally named the [[Anklesvar -Rajpipla Railway|Anklesvar-RajpiplaRailway]] to [[Nandod]] station in 1899, a length of 37 miles(59km). A further short extension to [[Nandod]] town was completed opened in 1917. The line was 1897 and worked by [[ Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 38]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref>

It The railway was originally opened constructed as a famine relief line to the Rajipipla District under the auspices of Maharana Chhatrasinhji, Raja of Rajpipla, in 1899 as a small narrow gauge railway and named in 1897 connecting at [[Anklesvar]] to the BB&CIR broad gauge([[Anklesvar -Rajpipla RailwayRail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]], 1897 and worked by ) on the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR)- [[Ahmedabad]] Mainline.

The gauge line was extended to [[Nandod]] Station in 1899, giving a total line length of 37 miles(59km) and renamed the '''Rajpipla State Railway''' <ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n46/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 38]; Retrieved 5 Dec 2016</ref> A further 2 mile (3km) short extension to [[Nandod]] Town was completed in 1917 on the opening of the ‘Kanjan River Bridge’, which was inaugurated by Lord Willingdon, Governor of Bombay Presidency, in February 1917. Thereby the railway line was extended from the old station to the new station on the edge of Nandod, the capital of Rajpipla <ref name=singhiv>[https://singhiv.wordpress.com/2015/07/16/rajpipla-state-railway/ “Rajpipla State Railway” by Singhiv July 16, 2015]; Retrieved 5 Dec 2016</ref>. Ownership of the line remained with the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Rajpipla State]] and worked by BB&CIR <ref name=Admin1918/>. The [[Jhagadia-Netrand Railway]], a 19 mile(30km) branch line was opened in 1932. It branched from Jhadagadia, on the Anklesvar-Rajpipla section of the Rajpipla State Railway to Netrand. This increased the network to 59 miles(94km) <ref name=singhiv/>  In 1948, '''Rajpipla State Railway''' (RSR) became a part of [[Saurashtra Railway]]. The NG railway was converted to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]])in 2013. <ref>[http://zeenews.india.com/news/gujarat/ankleshwar-rajpipla-railway-route-to-become-operational-soon_826355.html Zeenews.india.com "Ankleshwar-Rajpipla railway route"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>.The [[Jhagadia-Netrand Railway]] apparantly had been abandoned before this time. ==Further Information==See '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''