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The '''Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway''' was a short (but important in the context of the railways of the [[Kathiawar]] peninsula) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line. Jointly owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Gondal State]], the [[Junagadh State]], the [[Rajkot State]], and the Talukdar of [[Jetpur State]]. The line of 46 miles(72km) connected [[Jetalsar]] to [[Rajkot]] and opened in 1898.
<ref name=name>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #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 18 Dec 20157 Feb 2016</ref>
The line was worked by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR) until the breakup of that coalition in 1911; then by the administration of the [[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]](GPSR )<ref name=name/>
