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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 ]][[ | + | 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 ]][[Cutch State]]. The construction was sanctioned in 1903 and [[Tuna]] was connected to [[Anjar]] in the year 1905<ref name=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 22 Feb 2016</ref> |
| − | <ref name=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 22 Feb 2016</ref> | + | |
| + | The first section ran from Tuna, a port on the Gulf of Cutch, northwards to Anjar and was constructed at the cost of HH the Maharaja Maha Rao Sahib of Cutch . It was continued north-westwards to the state capital Bhuj in 1908, making a total of 36½ miles(59km). In 1910 99,075 passengers were carried together with 4457 tons of raw cotton, 3768 tons of grain and 2403 tons of sugar <ref name=Hughes>“Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Paragraph 12 Page 33</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 | 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 | ||
Revision as of 15:02, 1 July 2020
The Cutch State Railway was a isolated 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line built, financed and operated by the Princely Cutch State. The construction was sanctioned in 1903 and Tuna was connected to Anjar in the year 1905[1]
The first section ran from Tuna, a port on the Gulf of Cutch, northwards to Anjar and was constructed at the cost of HH the Maharaja Maha Rao Sahib of Cutch . It was continued north-westwards to the state capital Bhuj in 1908, making a total of 36½ miles(59km). In 1910 99,075 passengers were carried together with 4457 tons of raw cotton, 3768 tons of grain and 2403 tons of sugar [2].
The Anjar to Bachau section was sanctioned in 1913 [1] 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 [3]
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.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 223; Retrieved 22 Feb 2016
- ↑ “Indian Narrow Gauge Locomotives 1863-1940” by Hugh Hughes, published by ‘The Continental Railway Circle’ Paragraph 12 Page 33
- ↑ Wikipedia “ Cutch State Railway”; Retrieved 22 Feb 2016
