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The '''Kathiawar State Railway''' was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Kathiawar State]] and opened in 1880 between  Surendranagar and Bhavnagar, also known as the '''Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway'''.
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'''Kathiawar State Railway'''
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899) – 1880"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
 
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_State_Railway Wikipedia "Bhavnagar State Railway"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
 
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surendranagar-Bhavnagar_line Wikipedia Surendranagar-Bhavnagar line"]; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015</ref>
 
  
The railway was later worked by the [[Bhavnagar State Railway]] which was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) network.
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There are records that the give this as the title used from 1879-91 to describe the railway from [[Wadhwan]] on the south side of the Bhogawo River (facing [[Surendranager]] ) to the docks at [[Bhavnagar]], this was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line that opened in December 1880<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)" 'Year 1880']; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>, also known as the '''Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway'''<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surendranagar-Bhavnagar_line Wikipedia Surendranagar-Bhavnagar line"]; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>
  
It is assumed therefore that the Kathiawar State Railway was a MG line.
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This became the start of the [[Bhavnagar State Railway]]
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<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhavnagar_State_Railway Wikipedia "Bhavnagar State Railway"]; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref>
  
The [[Bhavnagar State Railway]] and the Kathiawar State Railway merged into [[Saurashtra Railway]] in April, 1948
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==Personnel==
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The Records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway'
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*[[Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne ]] deployed from the Railway Branch of the [[Public Works Department]], 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer.
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*[[John Edwin Dallas]], Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881.
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*[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.
  
== References ==
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==Further Information==
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See '''[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]'''
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and '''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:59, 1 October 2017

Kathiawar State Railway

There are records that the give this as the title used from 1879-91 to describe the railway from Wadhwan on the south side of the Bhogawo River (facing Surendranager ) to the docks at Bhavnagar, this was a metre gauge(MG) line that opened in December 1880[1], also known as the Surendranagar-Bhavnagar Railway[2]

This became the start of the Bhavnagar State Railway [3]

Personnel

The Records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway'

  • Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, 1879-83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer.
  • John Edwin Dallas, Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881.
  • Ernest Ifill Shadbolt, also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.

Further Information

See Bhavnagar State Railway

and Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula.

References