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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 Cutch State]]. The construction was sanctioned in 1903 and [[Tuna]] was connected to [[Anjar]] in the year 1905; later line was extended to [[Bhuj]], the capital of Cutch State in they year 1908.<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
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