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[[File: Morvi Tramway and Railway Schematic Map.png|thumb| Morvi Tramway and Railway Schematic Map]]
1937 Report info added
{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=Morvi State Logo b.jpg|caption= Morvi State Logo
|route= [[Rajkot]] to [[Wadhwan]]<br>[[Wankaner]] to [[Morvi]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
[[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'''
The original section from [[Wadhwan]] via [[Wankaner]] to [[Rajkot]] was built as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Tramway . Construction started in 1884, the line was 79 miles(127km) and opened to traffic in 1886
<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n202/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 194 (pdf202)]; Retrieved 21 May 2020</ref> forming the ‘Wadhwan-Rajkot Section’.
<br>* The original terminus at [[Wadhwan]] was on the south side of the [[Bhogava River Bridge|Bhogava River]] at [[Surendranager ]]. The Agreement stated the Tramway would not link to the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway ]]’(BB&CIR) <ref name=1694Page2> British Library IOR L/PS/13/1694 No 33 File 30 (part 1) 30 ‘Memorial of the Thakor of Sayla against the decision for Morvi to claim compensation’ page 2 </ref> and also not link to the ‘[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]’ or the ‘[[Dhrangadhra Railway]]’.
<br>*The Tramway passed via Dolia and Sayla through various small States, none of which received any compensation from the Morvi Durbar to which they were legally entitled. The Wadhwan Durbar refused the Tramway entry into [[Wadhwan]] without an acceptance that Wadhwan owned the rights of passage over the [[Bhogava River Bridge]], and that such duties as required would be paid<ref name=1694Page2/>.
==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==
