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The '''Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway''' was a small (but important in the context of the railways of the [[Kathiawar]] peninsula) metre gauge line, jointly owned by the [[Gondal]], [[Junagadh]] and [[Rajkot]] States, and the Talukdar of [[Jetpur]].
The '''Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway''' was a short (but important in the context of the railways of the [[Kathiawar]] peninsula) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line, jointly owned by the [[Gondal]], [[Junagadh]] and [[Rajkot]] States, and the Talukdar of [[Jetpur]]. The line of 46 miles(72km) connected [[Jetalsar]] to [[Rajkot]] and opened in 1898.
<ref name=name>[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 181]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>
 
The line was worked by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR) until the breakup of that coalition in 1911; then by the administration of the [[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]](GPSR )<ref name=name/>
 
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[[Category:Indian States Railways]]

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Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway
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Line of route
Jetalsar to Rajkot
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 46 miles (1905)
Timeline
1898 Opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bombay
Stations Gondal, Jetalsar, Rajkot
System agency
1890 Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway
1911 Bhavnagar State Railway
How to interpret this infobox

The Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway was a short (but important in the context of the railways of the Kathiawar peninsula) metre gauge(MG) line, jointly owned by the Gondal, Junagadh and Rajkot States, and the Talukdar of Jetpur. The line of 46 miles(72km) connected Jetalsar to Rajkot and opened in 1898. [1]

The line was worked by the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway(BGJPR) until the breakup of that coalition in 1911; then by the administration of the Gondal-Porbandar Railway(GPSR )[1]

References