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The line was worked as part of the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] system until 1911. Later, when the line was extended westwards to [[Dwarka]] and [[Port Okha]] on the [[Gulf of Cutch]], the system was renamed the '''Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway'''(J&DR). | The line was worked as part of the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] system until 1911. Later, when the line was extended westwards to [[Dwarka]] and [[Port Okha]] on the [[Gulf of Cutch]], the system was renamed the '''Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway'''(J&DR). | ||
The [[Okhamandal State Railway]] section Kuranga-Okha was opened, 1921 and worked by J&DR in 1922 | The [[Okhamandal State Railway]] section [[Kuranga-Okha Railway]] was opened, 1921 and worked by J&DR in 1922 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 30 November 2015
| Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway | ||
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| Line of route | ||
| Rajkot to Port Okha | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 54 miles (1905) 202 miles (1942) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1897 | Section to Jamnagar opened | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Bombay | |
| Stations | Dwarka, Jamnagar, Port Okha, Rajkot | |
| System agency | ||
| 1897 | Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway | |
| 1911 | Own agency | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The first section of what was then called the Jamnagar State Railway connected Jamnagar to the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway at Rajkot and was opened for traffic in 1897.
The line was worked as part of the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway system until 1911. Later, when the line was extended westwards to Dwarka and Port Okha on the Gulf of Cutch, the system was renamed the Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway(J&DR).
The Okhamandal State Railway section Kuranga-Okha Railway was opened, 1921 and worked by J&DR in 1922
External Links
- Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey by Somerset Playne,R. V. Solomon,J. W. Bond,Arnold Wright
- https://archive.org/stream/monographonindia00ghos/monographonindia00ghos_djvu.txt A monograph on Indian railway rates by S.C.Ghose 1918]