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[[File:PSR Porbandar State Railway.png|thumb|Porbanda State Railway ]]The '''Porbandar State Railway''' (PRPSR) was a metre gauge line owned by the State of [[Princely states|Princely ]][[PorbandarState]] and intially worked by the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]](BGJPR).
From 1911 until 1919 it was worked jointly by the States of with [[GondalState]] and thus forming the [[Gondal-Porbandar]]; from 1919 it was worked by [[Gondal Railway|Gondal Railways]] until 1948 when it became part of the newly formed [[Saurashtra Railway]].
From 1919 it was worked by [[Gondal Railway|Gondal Railways]](GSR) until 1948 when it became part of the newly formed [[Saurashtra Railway]].
 
==History==
* 1886. The British Administrator , Mr Lely, in charge of Porbandar State proposed to build a Railway from Porbandar to Dhoraji via Kandorna and Kutiana and started the survey but the Durbar decided that although they had the capital, they would not spend it on the project. The Indian Government seeing the need for the railway to open up the State went to the Thakor of Gondal to raise support, and various meetings were held between the Agent and the Thakor of Gondal regarding the route. The Thakor was not happy at the proposed route through Bhayawadar to Jamjodhpur. This after a survey and costing by Mr. Shadbolt proved to be the better route <ref name=IOR257>British Library IOR/L/PS/10/257 File 1073/ ‘Porbandar Railway 1912-14’ Annexure XII</ref>.
* 1887. An Agreement to construct the railway was signed between the States so that construction could start after the monsoon season in September although Gondal said it could only build the section in its own territory and Porbandar had only Rs 9,000 spare to build the railway. Gondal initially paid Rs 10 Lacs but was also to add at reasonable intervals up to 50% of the cost of the line. This also made [[Porbandar State]] a partner in ‘[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagadh-Veraval-Railway]]’ being the final State to join the operational union<ref name=IOR257/>. This coalition became the ‘[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway’]]’,
 
==PSR Railway System==
* ‘Mainline’ [[Porbandar]] to [[Jamjodhpur]], opened 1889, 41 miles(66km)<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n190/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 181 (pdf190)]; Retrieved 11 May 2020</ref> .
<blockquote>From [[Porbandar]] the line connected to the ‘[[Gondal Railway|Gondal State Railway]]’ </blockquote>
* ‘Quarry Branch’ was a short branch opened 1889, 3.7 miles(6km) <ref name=Admin/>
<blockquote> The branch ran from [[Ranavav]], about 20km east of Porabandar to a quarry</blockquote>
* ‘Porbadar Harbour Extension’, opened 1890, 3.7 miles(6km) <ref name=Admin/>
<blockquote> [[Porbandar]] to Porbander Bandar </blockquote>
 
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 11 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following:-
* L/PS/10/257; “ File 1073/1912 Railways: Native States; Gondal-Porbandar State Railway”; 1912-19
* R/2/635/288 ; “File 1933 C/589-A Gondal-Porbandar-Grant of running powers to thePorbandar State railway over the Gondal Rly.”; 1933
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]''' up to 1911
<br>See '''[[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]]''' from 1911 onward
<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]]
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