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[[File:Bhavnagar Tramway.png|thumb|Bhavnagar Tramway]]
'''Bhavnagar Tramway'''
<br>also described from 1938 as the '''Bhavnagar Mahuva Tramway'''
The ‘Bhavnagar Tramway’ was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway built by the [[Bhavnagar State]], India. The first section was built in 1926 from [[Bhavnagar]] south to Talaja, and then extended to [[Mahuva]] in 1938. The total length of the tramway was 67.5 miles(109km). The tramway used small 4-8-0 locomotives, later classified as the “T” class. In 1947 the tramway was taken over by the [[Saurashtra Railway]], and later by the Western Railway <ref name=wiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_Tramway Wikipedia "Bhavnagar Tramway"]; Retrieved 22 Jun 2019</ref>.
The tramway linked two parts of the [[BhavnagarState Railway]] Tramway was a 2 ft 6 in (762 mmBSR) narrow gauge railway built by the [[Bhavnagar State, India. The first section was built in 1926 from Bhavnagar south to Talaja, and then extended to Mahuva in 1938. The total length of the tramway was 67.5 miles. The tramway used small 4Railway| ''- see separate page'']]:-8* ‘Bhavnagar-0 locomotives, later classified as the “T” class. Wadhwan Mainline’ ''Line ‘A’ on map ''* ‘Mahuva Extension’ ''Line ‘F’ on map '' In 1947 the tramway was taken over by the [[Saurashtra Railway]], and later by the Western Railway.<refname=wiki/> ==Further Information==See '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_Tramway Wikipedia "Bhavnagar Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway"Systems];Retrieved 9 Dec 2015</ref>]''' which gives a map, timeline and relates this light railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.
== References ==
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
