Okha Port Trust Railway
Okha Port Trust Railway
The port of Okha, at the tip of the Okhamandal peninular, Gujarat State, was developed by the Maharaja of Baroda. Work started in 1922 after the metre gauge(MG) had reached Okha [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. In 1923 the operation and maintenance of the Okhamandal State Railway was passed to the Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway. [2].
Okha Port was opened on 14 Feb 1926 and the inernal MG railways were operated as the 'Okha Port Trust Railway' which connected to the MG Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway network [1].
The extent of the port railway track is not known.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “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
- ↑ "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015