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[[File: Morvi Railway Map 1909.png|thumb|Pre 1905 Morvi Tramway Map 1909]]

<br>The development commenced as the narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) '''Morvi Tramway''' and progressively <br>Progressively the lines were converted to the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) '''Morvi Railway'''

''These Tramway lines Lines are shown in ‘Light Green’ in both the schematic map’Pre 1905 Tramway Map’ and ‘Schematic Map’ ''

The original section from [[Wadhwan]] via [[Wankaner]] to [[Rajkot]] was built as a 2' 6" 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Tramway . Construction started in 1884, the line was 76 79 miles(122km127km) and opened to traffic in 1886 <ref name=Hist1937Admin>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30stream/itemsBombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/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 246 pdf289 ]; Retrieved 18 Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System# 19 May 2020</ref> forming the ‘Wadhwan-Rajkot Section’.<brblockquote> [[Wadhwan]] was the terminus theterminus of the ‘Morvi Tramway‘ on the south side of the [[Bhogava River Bridge|Bhogava River]], it had been agreed that it would not link to the ‘[[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway ]]’(BB&CIR) <ref name=1694Page2> British Library IOR L/PS/13/1694 No 33 File 30 (part 1) 30 ‘Memorial of the Thakor of Sayla against the decision for Morvi to claim compensation’ page 2 </ref> and that the Tramway would not to the ‘[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]’.</blockquote><brblockquote>The Tramway passed via Dolia and Sayla through various small States, none of which received any compensation from the Morvi Durbar to which they were legally entitled. The Wadhwan Durbar refused the Tramway entry into [[Wadhwan]] without an acceptance that Wadhwan owned the rights of passage over the [[Bhogava River Bridge]], and that such duties as required would be paid<ref name=1694Page2/>.</ blockquote>

'''1887'''. At [[Wankaner]] the The [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramway from [[Wankaner]] continued northwards to [[Morvi]] , a distance of 15¾ miles(25km), opened in March 1887 <ref name=Hist1937>[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 246 pdf289 ]; Retrieved 18 May 2020</ref> thus connecting Morvi to Wadhwan

'''1890'''. The [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramway extended southward to [[Rajkot]], forming the ‘Wankaner-Rajkot Section’, 16 miles(26km) <ref name=Hist1937/>. The Tramway interchanged with the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) ‘[[JetalasarJetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ when it opened in 1893 and later from 1897 with the opening of the [[Navanagar State Railway]]

'''1905'''. The Morvi Durbar converted their ‘Wankaner-Rajkot Section’ narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Tramway int190o , 79 miles(127km) into metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) )<ref name=Hist1937/>. See '''Morvi Railway''' below

'''1910'''. Tramways Further [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramways were also built from [[Morvi]] via Jetpur and on to [[Malia]], and another southeast from [[Morvi]] towards Tankara, both in operation by 1910 <ref> The British Internal Combustion Locomotive 1894-1940 Brian Webb 1973 David Charles Newton Abbott ISBN 0715361155 Page 20</ref>. The Tramway that had at one time reached Malia had been removed at Malia’s expense back as far as the State line, and finished at Khakhrechi Road <ref>British Library IOR/V/10/1610 1909-10 TO 1927-28 Report for 1909-10</ref>

'''1923'''. The ‘[[Rajkot-Betti Tramway]]’ [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] opened from [[Rajkot]] to Betti , 14 miles(23km) to the east of [[Rajkot ]]. The [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] locomotives were ordered by the Thakor of Morvi so it can be assumed they were operated as part of the ‘Morvi Tramway’ system [[Rajkot-Betti Tramway|''-see separate page'']]''Shown in ‘Red’ in the ’Schematic Map’ ''

'''1926'''. The ‘Morvi Tramway’ added a the [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] line from Sanala to Khanpur ‘Sanala –Khanpur Branch’ 14.3 miles (23km) opened and the next year the line to Khanpur was extended to the State boundary and also 6 miles northward from Khakhrechi Road <ref>British Library IOR/R/2/746 306 Extension of Dhrangadra Railway to Malia Page 4 Paragraph 1 </ref>

'' Curiously Notably neither the 1931 ‘Gazetteer of India’ 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 18 May 2020</ref> and the 1937 ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’<ref name=Hist1937/> show any evidence of any remaining [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramways . So consequently it is assumed that these minor branches were had been discontinued by 1931''

''These Tramway lines Railway Lines are shown in ‘Dark Blue’ ‘Grey’ in the schematic map''

A section '''1926'''. The tramway was converted ‘Than Junction to Metre GaugeChotila Branch’, 12½ miles([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]20km) to match the other lines in [[Gujerat]] and [[Kathiawar]]. Date<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Railway_(India) Wikipedia "Western Railway (India)"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref><br>At [[Rajkot]] the tramway interchanged with the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|opened as a MG]]) ‘[[Jetalasar-Rajkot Railway]]’ when it opened in 1893 and later from 1897 with the opening of the [[Navanagar State Railway]]Branch Line

'''19241942'''. The ‘Morvi-Navlakhi Section’, 30 miles(48km)Railway’ was managed by the Dhrangadhra Railway in 1942, at that time the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) opened<ref name=Hist1937/>lines were 132 miles.

In 1948 the '''Morvi Railway''' was merged to form the [[Saurashtra Railway]]  Later it was managed by the Dhrangadhra Railway in 1942, at that time the metre gauge lines were 132 miles. In April 1948 it was merged intoSaurashtra Railway.  ==Personnel==