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The [[Navanagar State Railway]] from [[Navanager]] to [[Rajkot]] opened in 1897. The line was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line with a length of 54 miles (87km) and owned by Navanager State. This line was originally called the '''[[Jamnagar State Railway]]''' after the district around Navanager and connected to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] at [[Rajkot]]. | The [[Navanagar State Railway]] from [[Navanager]] to [[Rajkot]] opened in 1897. The line was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line with a length of 54 miles (87km) and owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Navanager State]]. This line was originally called the '''[[Jamnagar State Railway]]''' after the district around Navanager and connected to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] at [[Rajkot]]. | ||
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_427.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 18, p. 421.]; Retrieved 30 Dec 2015</ref> | <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V18_427.gif "Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 18, p. 421.]; Retrieved 30 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
Revision as of 08:00, 5 January 2016
The Navanagar State Railway from Navanager to Rajkot opened in 1897. The line was a metre gauge(MG) line with a length of 54 miles (87km) and owned by the Princely Navanager State. This line was originally called the Jamnagar State Railway after the district around Navanager and connected to the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway at Rajkot. [1]
The line was worked, and known as Jamnagar State Railway as part of the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway(BGJPR) system until the system was dissolved in 1911. [2]
References
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India" v. 18, p. 421.; Retrieved 30 Dec 2015
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 184; Retrieved 30 Dec 2015
