Okhamandal State Railway

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The Okhamandal State Railway was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge(MG) line financed by the Princely State of Okhamandal (date opened not determined after 1881 and before 1921). [1]

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. [2]

In 1923 the operation and maintenance of the Okhamandal State Railway was passed to the Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway. [1]

Saurashtra Railway came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included Okhamandal Railway. [3]


References

  1. 1.0 1.1 [1] History of Vadodara/Railway Museum
  2. [2]IRFCA Chronology of railways in India, Part 3
  3. [3] Wikipedia - Saurashtra Railway