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The '''Kathiawar State Railway''' was a Princely State railway that  opened in 1880 between  Surendranagar and Bhavnagar, also known as the [[Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway]].
'''Kathiawar State Railway'''


The railway was later worked by the [[Bhavnagar State Railway]] which was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) network.
There are records that the give this as the title used from 1879-91 to describe the railway from [[Wadhwan]] on the south side of the Bhogawo River (facing [[Surendranager]] ) to the docks at [[Bhavnagar]], this was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line that opened in December 1880<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)" 'Year 1880']; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>, also known as the '''Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway'''<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surendranagar-Bhavnagar_line Wikipedia Surendranagar-Bhavnagar line"]; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>


It is assumed therefore that the Kathiawar State Railway was a MG line.
This became the start of the [[Bhavnagar State Railway]]
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_State_Railway Wikipedia "Bhavnagar State Railway"]; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>


The [[Bhavnagar State Railway]] and the Kathiawar State Railway merged into [[Saurashtra Railway]] in April, 1948
==Personnel==
The Records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway'
*[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne ]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer.
*[[John Edwin Dallas]], Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881.
*[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.


==Further Information==
See '''[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]'''


==External Links==
and '''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.
[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html] IRFCA Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899) – 1880


[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_State_Railway] Wikipedia
==References==
 
<references />
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surendranagar-Bhavnagar_line] Wikipedia


[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]

Latest revision as of 08:59, 1 October 2017

Kathiawar State Railway

There are records that the give this as the title used from 1879-91 to describe the railway from Wadhwan on the south side of the Bhogawo River (facing Surendranager ) to the docks at Bhavnagar, this was a metre gauge(MG) line that opened in December 1880[1], also known as the Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway[2]

This became the start of the Bhavnagar State Railway [3]

Personnel

The Records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway'

  • Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer.
  • John Edwin Dallas, Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881.
  • Ernest Ifill Shadbolt, also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.

Further Information

See Bhavnagar State Railway

and Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.

References