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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]], construction of which started in around 1900-01 and first rail from Tuna Port to [[Anjar]] started in 1905. Later the Anjar to [[Bhuj]] rail link was opened in 1908.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #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 17 Dec 20151 Feb 2016</ref>
The 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 Princely State of Kutch.
