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The '''Wadhwan-Sayla Tramway''' opened in 1924 with a distance of 17 miles(27km) and worked by [[Bhavnagar State Railway]] under agreement with [[Wadwhan State ]] and [[Sayla StatesState]]. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) steam operated Tramway ran from the ‘[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]’ station at [[Wadhwan]] to [[Sayla]] as a direct line.
<br> Construction commenced in 1922 and was built with the help of an Agency of the ‘[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]’ <ref name=Triedi>[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, page 192(pdf215)]; Retrieved 22 May 2020</ref>.
'''1900'''. Colonel Hunter’s ‘Famine Relief Scheme’.
<br>[[Wadhwan ]] via [[Sayla]] to [[Dolia]]
<br>Paid for by Wadhwan [[Wadwhan State ] and [[Sayla State ]] Durbars.<br>Not completed due to objections by [[Morvi State]] Durbar. <br>Earthworks built before [[Morvi Syate|Morvi Durbar ]] objected and the scheme abandoned <ref>“British Library” IOR/R/2/735/217 No R/C/217 Morvi Railway Conversion, Letter 6 </ref>.
===Wadhwan-Sayla-Muli Tramway Proposal===
'''1904'''. A private Tramway was proposed by Mr. Bhagubhai Shambhunath of Ahmedabad.
<br>For a steam tramway from [[Wadhwan]] via [[Sayla ]] to [[Muli]]<br>Was not built due to the punitive requirements of the [[Morvi Syate|Morvi Durbar ]] for use of their land. <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/in.ernet.dli.2015.63328/2015.63328.The-History-Of-Kathiawad#page/n301 'The history of Kathiawar' by Captain Wilberforce Bell, William Heinemann, London, page 262, pdf 301 ]; Retrieved 22 May 2020</ref>.
===Dhandhalpur-Morvi Railway Extension Proposal===
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'''1906'''. [[Morvi State]] proposed an extension to Dhandhalpur <ref>British Library IOR/L/PS/13/1694 No 33 File 30 ‘Memorial of the Thakor of Sayla against the decision for Morvi to claim compensation’ (part 1) page 4 Paragraph 9</ref>.
<br>The project did not proceed.
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'''1914'''. [[Sayla State|Sayla]] asked [[Morvi Sytte|Morvi]] to build a branch from [[Muli ]] to [[Sayla ]] to compensate for the loss of communication. <br>But the Muli [[MuliState]] Durbar, which was under British Administration, would not agree to the unreasonable demands of the [[Morvi Sytte|Morvi Durbar ]] for free passage through their lands and having to pay for the crossing of the Bhogava River. <br>The Political Agent refused on behalf of the 3 minor Principalities as there was nothing for them to gain and all to gain for [[Morvi Sytte|Morvi ]] <ref>IOR L/PS/13/1694 No 33 File 30 (part 2) paragraph 33 </ref>. <br>This proposal also included a extension to Dhanduka[[Dhandhuka]]
<br>None of these proceeded.
