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Line of route
Jetalsar to Veraval
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 140 miles (1922)
229 miles (1944)
Timeline
1888 First section opened to traffic
Key locations
Presidency Bombay
Stations Jetalsar, Juniagarh, Kutiyana, Veraval
System agency
1888 Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway
1911 Own agency
How to interpret this infobox

The Junagadh State Railway (JunSR) was a metre gauge(MG) railway owned by the Princely Junagadh State and intially worked by the Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway [1]

In 1869 a survey was undertaken and the ’Junagadh-Verval Railway Proposal ‘ concluded that a Railway line from Junagadh to Verval was feasible but the cost of 40 to 50 Lakhs of Rupees was too high for the Junagadh Durbar to go ahead. Proposals for a light railway system were to be looked at. [2].

In 1872 another line was proposed and the route from Veraval] to Junagadh and Dhoraji was surveyed by Mr A W Forde C E, but the cost was beyond the means of Junagadh Durbar. This proposal came to nothing

[3].
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File:Junagadh State Railway.png
Junagadh State Railway


Administation

This BGJPR coalition was also described in some records as the Kathiawar Railway, the Kathiawar Union Railway and the Kathiawar State Railway.

  • 1911: The BGJPR coalition ceased to exist on 1 April 1911, from this date the line was worked independently as a separate and distinct railway [4].
  • 1911-1934: The operation of the ‘Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway’ caused serious financial and commercial disadvantages to the JunSr, resulting in acrimonious exchanges over many years - see separate page for further information.
  • 1935: The ‘Junagadh State Railway’ put forward a proposal to take over the management of the ‘Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway’ which since 1911 had been operated by the ‘[Gondal-Porabandar Railway]’ [5]. There is no evidence that this proposal was accepted.
  • 1948: The ‘Junagadh State Railway’ became part of the ‘Saurashtra Railway’.

Development of the JunSR

  • 1910-15: ‘Saradiya Branch Line’, 26 miles(42km); from Shapur , 5 miles(8km) south-west of Junagadh, to Saradiya [4] (shown as Juniagarh to Kutiyana on 1931 Railways Map )
    • Line ‘B’ on map
  • 1912: ‘Visavadar Branch’, 26 miles(km); from Junagadh to Visavadar [4] .
    • Line ‘C’ on map
  • 1912: ‘Dungarpur Quarry Line’, ¾ mile(1.2km); a short spur from the ‘Visavadar Branch’, 2 miles (3.2km)south-east of Junagarh [4] .
    • Line ‘D’ on map
  • 1918-23: ‘Veraval-Prachi Road Branch’, 28 miles(45km); fromVerval, proposed as far as Una, delayed start, opened in stages from 1918, reached Prachi Road 1923

Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag gives the following:-

  • R/1/1/4784(1) and (2); "File 110-IB(C)/1935 Proposed taking over of management of the Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway by the Junagadh State Railway from the Gondal Railway"; 1935

Further Information

See Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway for period from 1899 to 1911. and Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.

References

  1. "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016
  2. British Library ‘India Office Records’ V/10/1384 “Indian States Administration Reports. Kathiawar” 1865-75, No 134 of 1869
  3. “Gazetteer – Bombay Presidency” Vol.8; page 247-248 of 756; Retrieved 1 Oct 2017
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193; Retrieved 23 Jun 2019
  5. British Library IOR/R/1/1/4784(1) and (2); "File 110-IB(C)/1935 Proposed taking over of management of the Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway by the Junagadh State Railway from the Gondal Railway"; 1935