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'Okha Port Trust Railway' info & link added
The '''Kuranga-Okha Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the [[Okhamandal State Railway]], it is thought to have that opened in 1922.<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 3" - 1922]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>.
In 1923 the operation and maintenance of the [[Okhamandal State Railway]] was passed to the [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]].
<ref>[http://gcsra.org/writereaddata/images/pdf/Baroda-City-Heritage-Museum-14-12-15.pdf "Baroda City Heritage Museum" pdf page 7]; Retrieved 6 Feb 2016</ref>. Okha Port was opened on 14 Feb 1926 and the internal MG railways were operated as the 'Okha Port Trust Railway' which connected to the MG [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]] network <ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry GJ17 page 149</ref>.
[[Saurashtra Railway]] came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included Okhamandal Railway.
