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The [[Construction commenced in 1893 with Lord Harris ++''(see footnote)'', the Governor of the Presidency of Bombay, turning the first sod in the construction of the Rajkot to Navanagar State Railway]] from [[Navanager]] to [line <ref>[Rajkot]] opened in 1897https://archive. The line was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_org/stream/pts_historyofkathiaw_3721-1226#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line with a length page/290/mode/1up “The History of 54 miles (87km) and owned Kathiwad” by Capt H Wilberforce-Bell; published by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Navanager State]William Heinmann, London, 1916; page 252 ]; Retrieved 31 Jul 2017</ref>.
This The railway from [[Jamnager]] to [[Rajkot]] in the Kathiawar peninsular, opened in 1897 with an extension for goods traffic to Bedi Bunder Port, 4 miles(6.4km) north of [[Jamnager]] . The line was originally called the '''Jamnagar State Railway''' after the district around Navanager a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line with a length of 54 miles (87km) and connected to constructed by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar RailwayPrincely states|Princely ]] at [[RajkotNavanager State]]. <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n196n192/mode/2up 1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 184]; Retrieved 6 Feb 201631 Jul 2017</ref>.
The This line was worked as part of also called the '''Navanagar State Railway''' after the district around Navanager and connected to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR) system until 1911. Later, when the line was extended westwards to at [[DwarkaRajkot]] and [[Port Okha]] on the Gulf . The line was worked as part of Cutch, the system was renamed the '''[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]'''(J&DRBGJPR)system until 1911. <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PA457&lpg=PA457&dq=%22Jamnagar+State+Railway%22&source=bl&ots=8nuO4FsGHp&sig=_xZIznEHa2wJFpGQ-MEurLPtmeA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM9ZjI2KPJAhWJ0xQKHagPAkwQ6AEIHzAA#v=onepage&q=%22Jamnagar%20State%20Railway%22&f=false Google Books "Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey" by Somerset Playne,R. V. Solomon,J. W. Bond,Arnold Wright]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref><ref>[https://archive.org/stream/monographonindia00ghos/monographonindia00ghos_djvu.txt "A monograph on Indian railway rates" by S.C.Ghose 1918. Published by Superintendent Government Printing, Calcutta, 1918]; Retrieved 14 Jan 2016</ref>
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'''Jamnagar State Railway'''
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 [[Junagadh State Railway]] taking over the working of its system from [[Jetslar]] to [[Veravel]] including its branches.
Later, when the line was extended westwards to [[Dwarka]] and [[Port Okha]] on the Gulf of Cutch, the system was 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>.
==Further Information==
See '''[[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>.
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