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The '''[[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]]''' was formed in 1911 as the nucleus of a new metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) system, with the [[Gondal Railway|Gondal State Railway]](GSR) working jointly with the [[Porbandar State Railway]](PSR) thus forming the Gondal-Porbandar Railway.The first section opened in 1913 and completed to [[Dhari ]] in 1915, a length of 37 miles(52km).
The line was initially worked by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR).
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n189/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 181]; Retrieved 4 Feb 2016</ref>
In 1911 the '''[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]''' was brought under the administration of the Gondal-Porbandar Railway following the breakup of the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR) coalition. In 1919, GSR took over the sole working of the PSR and the name reverted to the '''Gondal State Railway'''(GSR)
In 1948, GSR became a part of [[Saurashtra Railway]].
== Further Information==
See '''[[Gondal Railway|Gondal State Railway]]'''
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