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The '''Dhrangadhra Railway''' (DR) was a short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line constructed for and owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Dhrangadhra|Dhrangadhra State]].

[[File: Dhrangadhra Railway.png|thumb|Dhrangadhra Railway]]==History=='''1898'''. The first section of the ‘Dhrangadhra Railway’(DR) from [[Wadhwan]] to [[Dhrangadhra]], 20½ miles(33km) opened <ref name=Admin1918>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n178/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 170 (pdf178) ]; Retrieved 16 May 2020</ref>. <br>''There was an interchange at [[Wadhwan]] to the broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) ‘[[Viramgam-Wadhwan Branch Line]]’ which had opened in 1873. <br>In 1902 this branch line was converted to [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] connected at [[Wadhwan|Wadhwan Junction]] the DR directly with the [[BB&CIR]].'' '''1898'''. Initially, the DR was worked by the '''[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]; '''(BGJPR)<ref name=Admin1918/>.  '''1911'''. Upon the collapse of the BGJPR the working of the DR was undertaken by the '''[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]'''(BSR)<ref name=Admin1918/>.  '''1915'''. The line was extended from [[Dhrangadhra]] to [[Halvad]] , 20 miles(32km) opened , and the ‘Dhrangadra Quarry Branch’ 2½ mile(4km)<ref name=Admin1918/>.  '''1915'''. An application was made for a further extension of the line from 1911 [[Halvad]] to [[Malia]]. <br>''This caused an appeal by [[Bhavnagar Morvi State ]] that the line would be prejudicial to their [[Morvi Railway#Morvi Tramway|Bhavnagar 'Morvi Tramway']] that had been constructed from [[Morvi ]] to [[Malia]] and served the north-east part of Morvi territory. This tramway to [[Malia]] had been completed by 1910<ref>British Library IOR/V/10/1610 1909-10 TO 1927-28 ‘Report for 1909-10’ </ref>.'' <br>''However this line that had at one time reached [[Malia]] had been removed at Malia’s expense back as far as the State Railwaysline, and finished at Khakhrechi Road <ref name= Page4Para1>British Library IOR/R/2/746 306 Extension of Dhrangadra Railway to Malia Page 4 Paragraph 1 </ref>. The Bombay Government initially decided that the '[[Morvi Tramway]]' to [[Malia]]should be reinstated, but the requested Dhangadhra link to Malia would be preferred. This was intened to stop a disagreement between Morvi and Dhangadhra but only caused Dhangadhra and Malia to refuse to assist the Government and Morvi Engineers. <br>Eventually in 1925 [[Dhrangadhra State]] was given approval for the extension to be built by 'Dhangadhra Railway'<refname= Page4Para1/>'' '' see 1925 below'' '''1919'''. The working of the DR transferred to the '''[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]'''(BB&CIR)<ref name =Admin1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/stream30/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystemitems/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#pagein.ernet.dli.2015.36650/n178/mode/2up "Administration Report on the 2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways , constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government PrintingRailway Department’, page 50-51, 73-74 pdf Calcutta]; Retrieved 16 May page 1702020</ref>.  '''1925'''. The further extension from [[Halvad]] to [[Malia]]; Retrieved 3 Feb 2016was approved for construction after 10 years delay from application <ref name= Page4Para1/>. <br>''The date of opening of this ‘Halvad-Malia Extension’ of approximately 25 miles(48km) has not been found, but it does appear on modern maps.'' '''1926'''. The record shows the ‘Dhrangadra Quarry Branch’ had been closed but the ‘New entrance to Quarry siding at Kuda’ 0.13 mile(0.2km) had opened <refname =Admin1937/>.