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The first section of what was originally called the '''[[Jamnagar State Railway]]''' connected [[Jamnagar]] to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] at [[Rajkot]] and was opened for traffic in 1897.
The line was worked as part of the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar File:Jamnagar State Railway.png|thumb|Jamnagar State Railway]]Construction commenced in 1893 with Lord Harris ++''(BGJPRsee footnote) system until 1911. Later'', when the line was extended westwards to [[Dwarka]] and [[Port Okha]] on Governor of the [[Gulf Presidency of Cutch]]Bombay, turning the system was renamed first sod in the '''construction of the Rajkot to Navanagar line <ref>[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railwayhttps://archive.org/stream/pts_historyofkathiaw_3721-1226#page/290/mode/1up “The History of Kathiwad” by Capt H Wilberforce-Bell; published by William Heinmann, London, 1916; page 252 ]]'''(J&DR); Retrieved 31 Jul 2017</ref>.
The BGJPR administrative coalition was dissolved in 1911 with the constituents going their independent ways. The Jamnager Railway worked its own railway from Rajkot to Jamnager with the +Note: [[Junagadh State RailwayJamnagar]] taking over , previously Navanagar, is the working of its system from main town in [[Jetslar]] to [[VeravelNavanager State]] including its branches.
==External Links==*[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=%22Jamnagar+This line was also called the '''Navanagar State+Railway%22&source=bl&ots=8nuO4FsGHp&sig=_xZIznEHa2wJFpGQ''' after the district around Navanager and connected to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-MEurLPtmeA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM9ZjI2KPJAhWJ0xQKHagPAkwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jamnagar%20State%20Railway%22&f=false Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey by Somerset Playne,R. V. Solomon,J. W. Bond,Arnold WrightPorbandar Railway]](BGJPR) system at [[Rajkot]]*https://archive.org/stream/monographonindia00ghos/monographonindia00ghos_djvuThe line was worked as part of the BGJPR)system until 1911.txt A monograph on Indian railway rates by S.C.Ghose 1918]
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The railway from [[Rajkot]] to [[Jamnagar]] in the Kathiawar peninsular, opened in 1897 with an extension for goods traffic to Bedi Bunder Port, 4 miles(6.4km) north of [[Jamnagar]] . The line was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line with a length of 54 miles (87km) and constructed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Navanager State]] <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n192/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 184]; Retrieved 31 Jul 2017</ref>.
The BGJPR administrative coalition was dissolved in 1911 with the constituents going their independent ways. The 'Jamnager State Railway' worked its own railway from [[Rajkot]] to [[Jamnagar]]; with the [[Junagadh State Railway]] taking over the working of its system from [[Jetalsar]] to [[Veraval]] including its branches.
In 1923, when the line was extended westwards to Kuranga and [[Dwarka]] where the system joined the [[Okhamandal State Railway]]. The two being renamed the '''[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]'''(J&DR) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamnagar_%26_Dwarka_Railway “Dwarka Railway” ]; Retrieved 31 Jul 2017</ref>, being responsible for the operation and maintainence of the two railways and linking [[Rajkot]] to Port Okha on the Gulf of Cutch,.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]'''
<br> and '''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' for the timeline and map showing the relationship to other railways in region.
''' ''Footnote'' '''
<br>++ Lord Harris (1851-1932) - His political posts were Under-Secretary of State for India from 25 June 1885; Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for War from 1886-1890; Governor of the Presidency of Bombay from 1890-1895; <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harris,_4th_Baron_Harris Wikipedia “Colonel George Robert Canning Harris, 4th Baron Harris”]; Retrieved 31 Jul 2017</ref>.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
