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{{Line Railways Infobox
#REDIRECT [[Dhrangadhra Railway]]
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|caption=
|route= [[Dhrangadra]] to [[Wadhwan]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 21 miles (1905)<br>40 miles (1942)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1898
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic
|timeline2date=
|timeline2details=
|timeline3date=
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|timeline4date=
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|timeline5date=
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|presidency= [[Bombay]]
|stations= [[Dhrangadra]], [[Wadhwan]]
|system1date= 1898
|system1details= [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]
|system2date= 1911
|system2details= [[Bhavnagar State Railway|Bhavnagar State Railways]]
|system3date= 1943
|system3details= [[Morvi Railway]]
}}
 
The '''Dhrangadra Railway''' (DR) was a short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Dhrangadra State]].
 
Initially, the DR was worked by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]; from 1911 by [[Bhavnagar State Railway|Bhavnagar State Railways]].
<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 170]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
 
Later it was worked by [[Morvi Railway]] before becoming part of the newly formed  [[Saurashtra Railway]] in 1948.
 
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]

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