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{{System_Railways_Infobox|image=|caption= |timeline1date= 1880|timeline1details= System formed|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= 1911|timeline4details= System dissolved|timeline5date= |timeline5details= |company1= 1880|company1details= #Redirect [[Bhavnagar State Railway]]|company2= 1881|company2details= [[Gondal Railway]]|company3= 1888|company3details= [[Junagadh State Railway]]|company4=|company4details= [[Porbandar State Railway]]|company5=|company5details= |company6= 1898|company6details= [[Dhrangadra Railway]]|company7= 1890|company7details= [[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]|company8= 1897|company8details= [[Jamnagar Railway]]|company9=|company9details= |company10=|company10details= |company11=|company11details= |company12=|company12details= |headquarters= [[Bhavnagar]]|workshop= |stations= [[Bhavnagar]], [[Dhola]], [[Jetalsar]], [[Porbandar]], [[Rajkot]], [[Veraval]], [[Wadhwan]]|system1date= 1911|system1details= [[Bhavnagar State Railway|Bhavnagar State Railways]]<br>[[Gondal Railway|Gondal Railways]]<br>[[Junagadh State Railway|Junagadh State Railways]]<br>[[Porbandar State Railway]]|system2date= |system2details= |system3date= |system3details= |gauge1= |gauge1details= |gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 485 miles (1905)|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details= |auxillary forces= n/a}} [[File:Bhavangar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway Map 1909.png|thumb|Bhavangar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway Map 1909]] The '''Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagadh-Porbandar Railway''' (BGJPR) was a system comprising several short Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines on the [[Kathiawar]] peninsula (in western [[Gujarat]]). Owned by the four Indian States that gave the system its name. This administrative coalition was dissolved in 1911 with the constituents going their independent ways. These railways were to come together again, with others (eg the [[Morvi Railway]]), in 1948 to form the [[Saurashtra Railway]]. ==Lines worked by BGJPR at some time==*[[Jamnager Railway]], opened 1897. Worked as part of the BGJPR system until 1911; then renamed [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]*[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]], opened 1890. Jointly owned by Gondal, Junagadh and Rajkot States, worked by BGJPR, 1890; then [[Bhavnagar State Railway]], 1911*[[Rajkot-Jamnager Railway]], opened 1897. Worked as part of BGJPR  == External links ==*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_(India) Western Railway (India)] ''Wikipedia''.*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=%22Jamnagar+State+Railway%22&source=bl&ots=8nuO4FsGHp&sig=_xZIznEHa2wJFpGQ-MEurLPtmeA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM9ZjI2KPJAhWJ0xQKHagPAkwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jamnagar%20State%20Railway%22&f=false Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey by Somerset Playne,R. V. Solomon,J. W. Bond,Arnold Wright]*[https://archive.org/stream/monographonindia00ghos/monographonindia00ghos_djvu.txt A monograph on Indian railway rates by S.C.Ghose 1918] ==Personnel==No Staff Lists have been found. ''' "On loan" from the [[Public Works Department]](PWD)''', the following are recorded in various records:-*[[Richard Gardiner]] Lieut-Col. R.E. from PWD, 1887, Manager and Engineer-in-Chief of 'Bhavnagar-Gondal Railway' until retirement in 1893.<ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA499 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 499 (pdf page 462)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>. *[[Willoughby Verner Constable]], 1887, Officiating Manager of 'Bhavnagar and Gondal States Railways' <ref> [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 17 May 2016</ref>.*[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], PWD Assistant Engineer from 1874 to 1884 'services lent to Bhavnagar and Gondal States' Railways <ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/430 “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref>. *[[Horace Chaloner Knox]], 1890, Executive Engineer employed with 'Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway' <ref> India Civil List 1890, page 41</ref>. '''Other records'''*[[R Wylie]] in 1892 Locomtive Superintendent representing Bhavnagar-Gondal Railway, which was part of BGJPR at [[Indian Railway Conference Association]], Lahore. 'Locomotive Superintendents Conference' <ref>[http://www.steamindex.com/locomag/lcwr31.htm#133p The Locomotive Magazine and Railway Carriage and Wagon Review "Indian locomotive superintendents of the nineties", Volume 31, Number 393, 15 May 1925, page 133+ plate. Also see [[Indian Railway Conference Association]] page ]; Retrieved 19 Aug 2016</ref>. ==Further Information=='''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula. == References ==<references /> [[Category:Railways]][[Category:Indian States Railways]]