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The '''Cutch State Railway''' was a isolated 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line built, financed and operated by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kutch State]], construction of which started in around 1900-01 and first rail from Tuna Port to [[Anjar]] started in 1905. Later the Anjar to [[Bhuj]] rail link was opened in 1908. | The '''Cutch State Railway''' was a isolated 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line built, financed and operated by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kutch State]], construction of which started in around 1900-01 and first rail from Tuna Port to [[Anjar]] started in 1905. Later the Anjar to [[Bhuj]] rail link was opened in 1908. | ||
<ref>[https:// | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n231/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 223]; Retrieved 1 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
The lines were later extended from Bhuj to [[Naliya]] in 1915 to the East and from Anjar to Bachau up to [[Kandla]] in 1930 to the west of Princely State of Kutch. | The lines were later extended from Bhuj to [[Naliya]] in 1915 to the East and from Anjar to Bachau up to [[Kandla]] in 1930 to the west of Princely State of Kutch. | ||
Revision as of 09:45, 1 February 2016
The Cutch State Railway was a isolated 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line built, financed and operated by the Princely Kutch State, construction of which started in around 1900-01 and first rail from Tuna Port to Anjar started in 1905. Later the Anjar to Bhuj rail link was opened in 1908. [1]
The lines were later extended from Bhuj to Naliya in 1915 to the East and from Anjar to Bachau up to Kandla in 1930 to the west of Princely State of Kutch.
The railway, upon independence of India in 1947 worked as a separate system till 1951 when it was merged into the Western Railway Division of Indian Railways.