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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.
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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]]. The construction was sanctioned in 1903 and [[Tuna]]  was connected to [[Anjar]]in 1905; later extended to [[Bhuj]] in 1908.
<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>
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<ref name=name>[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 22 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.
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The Anjar to Bachau section was sanctioned in 1913 <ref name=name/> and 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 the Princely State of Kutch  
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<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutch_State_Railway Wikipedia “ Cutch State Railway”]; Retrieved  22 Feb 2016</ref>
  
 
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.
 
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.

Revision as of 11:45, 22 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. The construction was sanctioned in 1903 and Tuna was connected to Anjarin 1905; later extended to Bhuj in 1908. [1]

The Anjar to Bachau section was sanctioned in 1913 [1] and 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 the Princely State of Kutch [2]

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.

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