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1937 info added with stats and ‘Classification’ and revised text
{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=Jamnagar & Dwarka Logo.png|caption= Jamnagar & Dwarka Logo
|route= [[Rajkot]] to [[Port Okha]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bombay]]
|stations= [[DwarkaRajkot]], [[Jamnagar]], [[Dwarka]], Port Okha]], [[Rajkot]]
|system1date= 1897
|system1details= [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]
}}
'''Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway'''(J&DR)[[File: Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway.png|thumb| Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]==Origin==The first section of what was then called the '''[[Jamnagar State Railway]]''' connected [[Jamnagar]] to the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] at [[Rajkot]] and was . The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) with a length of 50 miles(80km) opened for traffic in Apr 1897<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]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>. <br>From [[Jamnagar]] a goods only branch, 4 miles(6.4km), to the port of Bedi Bandar also opened in Apr 1897 <ref name=Hist1937>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.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 - Railway Department’ page 242, pdf 285]; Retrieved 22 Aug 2020</ref>.<br>The line had been constructed for the Nawanagar State and was worked as part of the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]] (BGJPR) system until 1911. <br>The Coalition ceased to exist on 1 April 1911 and the line was worked independently as a separate concern. <br>[[Jamnagar State Railway| ''See separate page for more information'']]
==Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway==The line was worked as part of the from [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar RailwayJamnagar]] system until 1911. Later, when to Kuranga was constructed by the line was extended westwards to [[ ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka]] Railway Company’ and initially worked by the ‘[[Port OkhaJamnagar State Railway]] ’ from opening on the Apr 1922, from [[Gulf of CutchJamnagar]]to Khambhalia and extended to Kuranga in Sept 1922, the system was renamed the '''Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway'''.a total length of 66 miles(106km) <ref name=Hist1937/>
The further extension from Kuranga to the port of Okha , known as the ‘[[Okhamandal State Railway]]’, was constructed by the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda and initially worked by the ‘[[Baroda State Railway]]’ from opening in Nov 1922, a length of 37 miles(60km) <ref name=Hist1937/>
<br>[[Okhamandal State Railway| ''See separate page for more information'']]
With effect from Apr 1923 these three connected lines:- the ‘[[Jamnagar State Railway]]’, the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway ‘ and the ‘[[Okhamandal State Railway]]’ were amalgamated to form the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway System’(J&DR).
The ‘Statistics of Working’ Report for 1937 <ref name=Hist1937/> show the year-by-year financial results for the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway System’ with a total of 157 miles(253km) as follows:-
* ‘[[Jamnagar Railway]]’ from 1913-14 through to 1936-37, with an open length of 54 miles(87km)
* ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway’ from 1922-23 through to 1936-37, with an open length of 66 miles(106km)
* ‘[[Okhamandal State Railway]]’ from 1922-23 through to 1936-37, with an open length of 37 miles(60km)
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class II railway system.
=Later Development==
In 1948 the J&DR was merged to form the ‘[[Saurashtra Railway]]’
==Further Information==
'''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
