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The Also known as '''Junagadh Junagad State Railway''' (JSR) was a metre gauge railway owned by the State of [[Junagadh]] and intially worked by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]].
From 1911 The '''Junagadh State Railway''' (JunSR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway owned by the JSR [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Junagadh State]] and initially worked itself as an independent system until 1948 when it became part of by the ‘[[Saurashtra Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]’ <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n201/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193]; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016</ref>
1937 Report info added, layout changes , Statisics added and Classification
{{Line Railways Infobox
|image=Junagadh State Railway Logo.png|caption= Junagadh State Railway Logo.
|route= [[Jetalsar]] to [[Veraval]]
|gauge1=
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bombay]]
|stations= [[Jetalsar]], [[JuniagarhJunagadh]], [[Kutiyana]], [[Veraval]]
|system1date= 1888
|system1details= [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]
}}
In 1869 a survey was undertaken and the [[Kathiawar_Peninsula_Railway_and_Tramway_Systems#Timeline_1863-1900 |’Junagadh-Veraval Railway Proposal ‘]] concluded that a Railway line from [[Junagadh]] to [[Veraval]] was feasible but the cost of 40 to 50 Lakhs of Rupees was too high for the Junagadh Durbar to go ahead. Proposals for a light railway system were to be looked at. <ref> British Library ‘India Office Records’ V/10/1384 “Indian States Administration Reports. Kathiawar” 1865-75, No 134 of 1869 </ref>.
In 1872 another line was proposed and the [[Kathiawar_Peninsula_Railway_and_Tramway_Systems#Timeline_1863-1900|route from Veraval to Junagadh and Dhoraji]] was surveyed by Mr A W Forde C E, but the cost was beyond the means of Junagadh Durbar. This proposal came to nothing <ref name=Bombay8_247>[https://archive.org/stream/1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D/1884-gazetteerByBombayPresidency-vol8-kathiawar349-d_djvu.txtArchive.org “Gazetteer – Bombay Presidency” Vol.8; page 247-248 of 756]; Retrieved 1 Oct 2017</ref>.
Construction finally commenced in 1886 from [[Jetalsar]] to [[Junagadh|Junagadh City]] in 1888 and onward To [[Veraval]] 1889,
<br>Initially described as the '''Junadagh-Veraval Railway'''.
==Administration==
*1888-89: With the opening of the ‘Junagadh State Railway’(JunSR ) from [[Junagadh]] via [[Jetalsar]] to [[Veraval]] the railway joined the administrative coalition of the '[[Bhavnagar-Gondal State Railway]]’. <br>The coalition briefly became the '[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Veraval Railway]]'(BGJPV)
*1889: When the ‘[[Porbandar State Railway]]’ extension from [[Dhasa ]] reached [[Porbandar]] the coalition finally became the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway| '''Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway'''(BGJPR) ''- see separate page for further information'']].
*This BGJPR coalition was also described in some records as the '''Kathiawar Railway''',
*also as the '''Kathiawar Union Railway'''
*also as the '''Kathiawar State Railway'''.
* 1911: The BGJPR coalition ceased to exist on 1 April 1911, from this date the line was worked independently as a separate and distinct railway <ref name=Admin/>.
* 1911-1934: The operation of the ‘[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ caused serious financial and commercial disadvantages to the JunSr, resulting in acrimonious exchanges over many years [[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway|''- see separate page for further information'']].
* 1935: The ‘Junagadh State Railway’ put forward a proposal to take over the management of the ‘[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ which since 1911 had been operated by the ‘[[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]]’ <ref> British Library IOR/R/1/1/4784(1) and (2); "File 110-IB(C)/1935 Proposed taking over of management of the Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway by the Junagadh State Railway from the Gondal Railway"; 1935</ref>. There is no evidence that this proposal was accepted.
* 1948: The ‘Junagadh State Railway’ became part of the ‘[[Saurashtra Railway]]’.
==Development of the Junagadh State Railway==
[[File:Junagadh State Railway 1931 Map.png|thumb|Junagadh State Railway 1931 Map]]
[[File:Junagadh State Railway 1938 Schematic Map.png|thumb|Junagadh State Railway 1938 Scematic Map]]
*The first section from [[Jetalsar]] to [[Junagadh]] opened in 1888 and extended to [[Veraval|Veraval Docks]] in 1889, a total of 67 miles(108km) <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n201/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193]; Retrieved 23 Jun 2019</ref>. At [[Jetalsar |Jetalasar Junction]] there was a connection to the ‘[[Gondal Railway]] - Mainline’ [[Dhasa]] to [[Jamjodhpur]].
* Initially described as the '''Junadagh-Veraval Railway''' and became the ‘Main Line’
**''Line ‘A’ on 1931 and 1938 maps ''
*1910-15: ‘Saradiya Branch Line’, 26 miles(42km); from Shapur , 5 miles(8km) south-west of Junagadh, to Saradiya <ref name=Admin/> (shown as Juniagarh to Kutiyana on 1931 Railways Map )
**''Line ‘B’ on 1931 and 1938 maps ''
* 1912: ‘Visavadar Branch’, 26 miles(km); from Junagadh to Visavadar <ref name=Admin/> .
**''Line ‘C’ on 1931 and 1938 maps ''
*1912: ‘Dungarpur Quarry Line’, ¾ mile(1.2km); a short spur from the ‘Visavadar Branch’, 2 miles (3.2km) south-east of Junagarh <ref name=Admin/> .
**''Line ‘D’ on 1938 map ''
* 1918-23: ‘Veraval-Prachi Road Branch’, 28 miles(45km); from [[Veraval]], proposed as far as [[Una]], delayed start, opened in stages from 1918, reached Prachi Road 1923 <ref name=page193>[https://ia801602.us.archive.org/6/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.96301/2015.96301.Kathiawar-Economics.pdf 1943 ‘Kathiawar Economics’ by A B Trivedi, 1943 Digital Library of India Archive.org, Appendix B ‘Railways in Kathiawar with opening dates, pages 193(pdf217)]</ref>.
**''Line ‘E’ on 1931 and 1938 maps ''
* 1932: ‘Visavader-Dhari Branch’ 20 miles(32km); from Visavader to Dhari <ref name=page193/>
**''Line ‘F’ on 1938 map ''
* 1934-35: ‘Prachi Road-Jamwala-Delvada Branch’ 31 miles(50km) <ref name=page193/>. This was an extension to the ‘Veraval-Prachi Road Branch’ (Line ‘E’ above) and on reaching Delvada in 1935 became renamed ‘Una Branch’, with a total length from Veraval to Delvada of 25 miles(95km) <ref name=Hist>[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 245 pdf 288]; Retrieved 23 Aug 2020</ref>.
**''Line ‘G’ on 1938 map ''
*1936-37: ‘[[Talala-Visavadar Railway]]’' via Sasan Gir, 29½ miles(47km) MG, constructed by the JunSR.[[Talala-Visavadar Railway|''See separate page'']]
The ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 with a total route length of 229 miles(369km)
<ref name=Hist>
== Classification ==
[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class III railway system.
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]''' for period from 1899 to 1911.
<br>and '''[[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]]
