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Cutch State Railway

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The '''Cutch State Railway''' was a isolated 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line built, financed and operated by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kutch State]], . The construction of which started was sanctioned in around 1900-01 1903 and first rail from [[Tuna Port ]] was connected to [[Anjar]] started in 1905. Later the Anjar ; later extended to [[Bhuj]] rail link was opened in 1908.<refname=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n231/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 223]; Retrieved 1 22 Feb 2016</ref>
The Anjar to Bachau section was sanctioned in 1913 <ref name=name/> and lines were later extended from Bhuj to [[Naliya]] in 1915 to the East and from Anjar to Bachau up to [[Kandla]] in 1930 to the west of the Princely State of Kutch<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutch_State_Railway Wikipedia “ Cutch State Railway”]; Retrieved 22 Feb 2016</ref>
The railway, upon independence of India in 1947 worked as a separate system till 1951 when it was merged into the Western Railway Division of Indian Railways.
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