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<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 3"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
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The '''Okhamandal State Railway''' was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Okhamandal State]] Okhamandal. The line between [[Kuranga]] and [[Arthara]] was sanctioned in 1913. As at 1918 "work on this line has been stopped or the present" due to the war. <ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n203/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref><ref name=name>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/2010/01/Railway-Museum-and-Auditorium.html "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1921 the [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR) took over the management and operation of the Okhamandal State Railway. In 1922 the [[Kuranga-Okha Railway]] branch was opened.
In 1923 the operation and maintenance of the Okhamandal State Railway was passed to the [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]].
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[[Saurashtra Railway]] came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included Okhamandal Railway.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_Railway Wikipedia "Saurashtra Railway"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
