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The '''Bhavnagar State Railway''' (BSR) was formed and built by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Bhavnagar State]] as a Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway. The line, which opened in 1880, joined with the [[Gondal Railway|Gondal State Railway]] and connected [[Bhavnager]] to [[Wadwhan]], a length of 121 miles(195km).
The '[[Bhavnagar-Gondal State Railway]]' became an administative coalition between 'Bhavnagar State Railway' and '[Gondal Railway|Gondal State Railway]' and was formed in 1881.
This railway was also described as the 'Kathiawar Railway', the 'Kathiawar Union Railway' and the 'the [[Kathiawar State Railway|'Kathiawar State Railway' ''- see separate page'']]
When the [[Junagadh]] to [[Verval]] railway joined at Jetalsar the coalition briefly became the 'Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Verval Railway'(BGJPR)' and lastly when the extension to [[Porbandar]] was completed finally became the [[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway|(BGJPR) ''- see separate page for further information'']].
The administrative coalition was dissolved in 1911 with the constituents going their independent ways. The '''Bhavnagar State Railway''' (BSR) was formed under the administation of the Bhavnager Durbar.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n178/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 169]; Retrieved 30 Jan 2016</ref>
For some years after 1911, the BSR also worked the [[Dhrangadra Railway]].
In 1948 the BSR was merged to form the [[Saurashtra Railway]]
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