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<br>''+ Spelling Note'': *''Kuranga via Dwarka to Okha is about 38 miles. So Arthara must be close to Okha. ''*''Adatra is used in 1943 as the terminal of the 37 mile railway from Kuranga <ref name=Econ>[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 194(pdf217]</ref>. It is possible Arthara and Adatra are the same place''
Kuranga-Adatra Railway info added 1943
'''Okhamandal State Railway''' and '''[[Kuranga-Okha Railway]]'''
<br>Also refered to as '''[[Kuranga-Okha Railway]]''' and '''Kuranga-Adatra Railway'''
[[File: Okhamandal State Railway and Kuranga-Okha Railway.png|thumb| Okhamandal State Railway and Kuranga-Okha Railway]]
The '''Okhamandal State Railway''' was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line financed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Okhamandal State]]. The line between Kuranga and Arthara +(''(see note)'' was sanctioned in 1913. It was reported that as at 1918 "work on this line has been stopped for the present" due to the war.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n203/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195"]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref>
<ref name=vadora>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/railway-museum-auditorium/ "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref>.
''The actual date of opening of this line has not been found – it must be between 1919 and 1921''
==Later History==
1931: The 1931 Map <ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.html?object=31 ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India,’ v. 26, Atlas 1931 edition, Railways & Inland Navigation, p. 24. ]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref> shows the JDR as working the line from Jamnagar via Kuranga and to Okha Port.
1943: The 1943 Record describes this railway as the '''Kuranga-Adatra Railway'''<ref name=Econ/>
1948: [[Saurashtra Railway]] came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included the ‘Okhamandal Railway’ and the ‘[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]] <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_Railway Wikipedia "Saurashtra Railway""]; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019</ref>.
