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1937 info added and ‘Further Information’ Gondal added
The relationship between Gondal and Junagadh deteriorated with complaints from Junagadh to the [[Railway Board]] of mismanagement, which were dismissed by the Railway Board on investigation. As the two States fought for control. Gondal made a number of pleas to obtain Jetalsar’s share with no success as the Bombay, Indian and British Governments tried to maintain a status quo. In the end all such proposals were turned down by the [[Railway Board]]<ref name=IOR/>.
The indications are that ‘Statistics of Working’ for 1937 <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 239, pdf 282]; Retrieved 19 Aug 2020</ref> show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 for the ‘Gondal Railway System’ comprising:-* ‘[[Gondal Railway]]’ 119 miles (191km)* ‘[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ 46 miles(74km)* ‘[[Porbandar State Railway ]]’ 41 miles(66km) The line continued to operate under Gondal State, feeding both the Junagadh and Porbandar State Railways until Nationalisation in 1947.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]''' for period from 1893 to 1911.
<br>and '''[[Gondal Railway]]''' for period from 1911 onwards
<br>and '''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.
