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The '''Junagadh State Railway''' (JunSR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Junagadh State]] and intially initially worked by the ‘[[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>

From 1911 In 1869 a survey was undertaken and the JunSR worked itself as an independent system, owned by [[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 Durbarto 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, until 1948 when it became part No 134 of the [[Saurashtra Railway]]1869 </ref>.

==Records==An on-In 1872 another line search of was proposed and the [[India Office RecordsKathiawar_Peninsula_Railway_and_Tramway_Systems#Timeline_1863-1900|route from Veraval to Junagadh and Dhoraji]] (IOR) records held at was surveyed by Mr A W Forde C E, but the [[British Library]] relating cost was beyond the means of Junagadh Durbar. This proposal came to this railway nothing <refname=Bombay8_247>[httphttps://searcharchives.blarchive.ukorg/primo_librarystream/libweb1884GazetteerByBombayPresidencyVol8Kathiawar349D/action/search1884-gazetteerByBombayPresidency-vol8-kathiawar349-d_djvu.txtArchive.org “Gazetteer – Bombay Presidency” Vol.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” 8; page 247- Search248 of 756]; Retrieved 7 Apr 20161 Oct 2017</ref>.gives the following:-Construction finally commenced in 1886 from [[Jetalsar]] to [[Junagadh|Junagadh City]] in 1888 and onward To [[Veraval]] 1889, *R/1/1/4784(1) and (2); "File 110-IB(C)/1935 Proposed taking over of management of <br>Initially described as the Jetalsar'''Junadagh-Rajkot Veraval Railway by the Junagadh State Railway from the Gondal Railway"; 1935'''.

[[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]]==Administation==*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 record requires examination 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 determine if 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-Porabandar 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 were sucessful 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==*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 takeover 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 management ‘[[Gondal Railway]] - Mainline’ [[Dhasa]] to [[Jamjodhpur]].* Initially described as the '''Junadagh-Veraval Railway''' **''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-Delwada Branch’ 31 miles(50km) <ref name=page193/>. **''Line ‘G’ on 1938 map '' *1938: ‘[[Prachi Road-Kodinar Railway]]’, 16 miles(26km) from Prachi Road to Kodinar. [[JetalsarPrachi Road-Rajkot Kodinar Railway''- See separate page for further information'']]. '**'Line ‘H’ on 1938 map ''

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.