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The Railway was opened in the early 1880’s and railway Station Road leads directly to the old town a distance of about 1½ miles (2km). It seems most likely that the horse-drawn tram operated on this road from soon after the opening of the railway and was still in operation in 1906. | The Railway was opened in the early 1880’s and railway Station Road leads directly to the old town a distance of about 1½ miles (2km). It seems most likely that the horse-drawn tram operated on this road from soon after the opening of the railway and was still in operation in 1906. | ||
The Rajkot District Gazetteer: (1982) states Mr . Jagannath Vasanji a well - known advocate of Dhoraji started ' Horse - Tramway ' which rendered shuttle services between the town and the railway station till 1927 , when it was discontinued" snippet available https://books.google.co.uk/ | |||
== References == | == References == | ||