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| | #Redirect [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway]] |
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| |timeline1date= 1880
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| |timeline1details= System formed
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| |timeline4date= 1911
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| |timeline4details= System dissolved
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| |company1= 1880
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| |company1details= [[Bhavnagar State Railway]]
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| |company2= 1881
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| |company2details= [[Gondal Railway]]
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| |company3= 1888
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| |company3details= [[Junagadh State Railway]]
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| |company4=
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| |company4details= [[Porbandar State Railway]]
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| |company6= 1898
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| |company6details= [[Dhrangadra Railway]]
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| |company7= 1890
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| |company7details= [[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]
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| |company8= 1897
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| |company8details= [[Jamnagar Railway]]
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| |headquarters= [[Bhavnagar]]
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| |workshop=
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| |stations= [[Bhavnagar]], [[Dhola]], [[Jetalsar]], [[Porbandar]], [[Rajkot]], [[Veraval]], [[Wadhwan]]
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| |system1date= 1911
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| |system1details= [[Bhavnagar State Railway|Bhavnagar State Railways]]<br>[[Gondal Railway|Gondal Railways]]<br>[[Junagadh State Railway|Junagadh State Railways]]<br>[[Porbandar State Railway]]
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| |gauge1=
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| |gauge2= Metre gauge
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| |gauge2details= 485 miles (1905)
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| |auxillary forces= n/a
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| [[File:Bhavangar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway Map 1909.png|thumb|Bhavangar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway Map 1909]]
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| The '''Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway''' (BGJPR) was a system comprising several short Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines on the [[Kathiawar]] peninsula (in western [[Gujarat]]). Owned by the four Indian States that gave the system its name. This administrative coalition was dissolved in 1911 with the constituents going their independent ways.
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| These railways were to come together again, with others (eg the [[Morvi Railway]]), in 1948 to form the [[Saurashtra Railway]].
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| ==Lines worked by BGJPR at some time==
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| *[[Jamnager Railway]], opened 1897. Worked as part of the BGJPR system until 1911; then renamed [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]
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| *[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]], opened 1890. Jointly owned by Gondal, Junagadh and Rajkot States, worked by BGJPR, 1890; then [[Bhavnagar State Railway]], 1911
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| *[[Rajkot-Jamnager Railway]], opened 1897. Worked as part of BGJPR
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| == External links ==
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| *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_(India) Western Railway (India)] ''Wikipedia''.
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| *[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=%22Jamnagar+State+Railway%22&source=bl&ots=8nuO4FsGHp&sig=_xZIznEHa2wJFpGQ-MEurLPtmeA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM9ZjI2KPJAhWJ0xQKHagPAkwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jamnagar%20State%20Railway%22&f=false Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey by Somerset Playne,R. V. Solomon,J. W. Bond,Arnold Wright]
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| *[https://archive.org/stream/monographonindia00ghos/monographonindia00ghos_djvu.txt A monograph on Indian railway rates by S.C.Ghose 1918]
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| ==Personnel==
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| No Staff Lists have been found.
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| ''' "On loan" from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD)''', the following are recorded in various records:-
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| *[[Richard Gardiner]] Lieut-Col. R.E. from PWD, 1887, Manager and Engineer-in-Chief of 'Bhavnagar-Gondal Railway' until retirement in 1893.<ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA499 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 499 (pdf page 462)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
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| *[[Willoughby Verner Constable]], 1887, Officiating Manager of 'Bhavnagar and Gondal States Railways' <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 17 May 2016</ref>.
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| *[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], PWD Assistant Engineer from 1874 to 1884 'services lent to Bhavnagar and Gondal States' Railways <ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/430 “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>.
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| *[[Horace Chaloner Knox]], 1890, Executive Engineer employed with 'Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway' <ref> India Civil List 1890, page 41</ref>.
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| '''Other records'''
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| *[[R Wylie]] in 1892 Locomtive Superintendent representing Bhavnagar-Gondal Railway, which was part of BGJPR at [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/locomag/lcwr31.htm#133p The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate. Also see [[Indian Railway Conference Association]] page ]; Retrieved 19 Aug 2016</ref>.
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| ==Further Information==
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| '''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.
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| == References ==
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| <references />
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| [[Category:Railways]]
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| [[Category:Indian States Railways]]
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