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The '''Okhamandal State Railway''' was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Okhamandal State]] Okhamandal. The line between and '''[[Kuranga-Okha Railway]] and [[Arthara]] was sanctioned in 1913. As at 1918 "work on this line has been stopped or the present" due to the war. '''<refbr>Also refered to as '''[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 ]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref><ref name=name>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/2010/01/Kuranga-Okha Railway-Museum-]]''' and'''Kuranga-Auditorium.html "History of Vadodara/Adatra Railway Museum"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>'''

[[File: Okhamandal State Railway and Kuranga-Okha Railway.png|thumb| Okhamandal State Railway and Kuranga-Okha Railway]]The '''Okhamandal State Railway''' was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Okhamandal State]]. The line between Kuranga and Arthara +(''(see note)'' was sanctioned in 1913. It was reported that as at 1918 "work on this line has been stopped for the present" due to the war. <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n203/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195"]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref><ref name=vadora>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/railway-museum-auditorium/ "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref>. The line was constructed by the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda and initially worked by the ‘[[Baroda State Railway]]’ from opening in Nov 1922, a length of 37 miles(60km) <ref name=Hist1937>[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 242, pdf 285]; Retrieved 22 Aug 2020</ref>. ''+ Spelling Note'': *''Kuranga via Dwarka to Okha is about 38 miles. So Arthara must be close to Okha. ''*''Adatra is used in 1943 as the terminal of the 37 mile railway from Kuranga <ref name=Econ>[https://ia801602.us.archive.org/6/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.96301/2015.96301.Kathiawar-Economics.pdf 1943 ‘Kathiawar Economics’ by A B Trivedi, 1943 Digital Library of India Archive.org, Appendix B ‘Railways in Kathiawar with opening dates, pages 194(pdf217]</ref>. It is possible Arthara and Adatra are the same place'' ==Later History==1922: the [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR) initially took over the management and operation of the ‘Okhamandal State Railway’.  1922: '''[[Kuranga-Okha Railway]]''' was the name given to the railway on the opening of the [[Okha Port Trust Railway]] <ref name=vadora/> . 1923 : With effect from Apr 1923 these three connected lines:- the ‘[[Jamnagar State Railway]]’, the ‘[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]] ‘ and the ‘[[Okhamandal State Railway]]’ were amalgamated to form the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway System’(J&DR) <ref name=Hist1937/>. 1931: The 1931 Map <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.html?object=31 ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India,’ v. 26, Atlas 1931 edition, Railways & Inland Navigation, p. 24. ]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref> shows the JDR as working the line from Jamnagar via Kuranga and to Okha Port.  1943: The 1943 Record describes this railway as the '''Kuranga-Adatra Railway'''<ref name=Econ/> 1948: '[[Saurashtra Railway]] ' came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included Okhamandal the ‘Okhamandal Railway’ and the ‘[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway.]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_Railway Wikipedia "Saurashtra Railway""]; Retrieved 13 Dec 20157 Jun 2019</ref>.