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Test[[File: Morvi Railway Map 1909.png|thumb|Morvi Tramway Map 1909]]The '''Morvi Tramway and Railway''' was owned and managed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Morvi State]]. <br>The development commenced as the narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) '''Morvi Tramway''' and progressively the lines were converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) '''Morvi Railway''' ==Morvi Tramway==''These Tramway lines are shown in ‘Light Green’ in the schematic map'' The original section from [[Wadhwan]] via [[Wankaner]] to [[Rajkot]] was built as a 2' 6" narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Tramway . Construction started in 1884, the line was 76 miles(122km) and opened to traffic in 1886 <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> forming the ‘Wadhwan-Rajkot Section’.<br> [[Wadhwan]] was the terminus 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]]’.<br>The Tramway passed 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/>. '''1887'''. At [[Wankaner]] the [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramway continued to [[Morvi]] a distance of 15¾ miles(25km), opened in March 1887 <ref name=Hist1937/> thus connecting Morvi to Wadhwan<br>Some early records refer to the complete line as the '''Wadhwan-Morvi State Railway'''. '''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]]) ‘[[Jetalasar-Rajkot Railway]]’ when it opened in 1893 and later from 1897 with the opening of the [[Navanagar State Railway]] '''1891'''. The [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramway was extended to the port of Navlakhi to become the ‘Morvi-Navlakhi Section’, 30 miles(48km)<ref name=Hist1937/> and a spur to Wawainia Port laid by the road side, which the Morvi Durbar said was for the convenience of the people and for transportation of salt and cloth<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maliya_Miyana%E2%80%93Wankaner_section Wikipedia ‘Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section’]; Retrieved 18 May 2020</ref>. '''1891'''. The [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramway was extended using the [[Bhogava River Bridge]] and reached the station of the [[BB&CIR]] at [[Wadhwan]]. This was against all the previous agreements which led to legal notices being given to the Managers of BB&CIR and Morvi Tramway, terms were finally agreed in 1897. <ref>British Library IOR/R/2/735/217 No R/C/217 Morvi Railway Conversion, Page 3</ref> '''1905'''. The Morvi Durbar converted their ‘Wankaner-Rajkot Section’ narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) Tramway int190o metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) )<ref name=Hist1937/>. See '''Morvi Railway''' below '''1905'''. Morvi continued with the extension of the [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] Tramways and by 1905 a 3¼ Mile (5Km) Tramway had been opened to its Quarries <ref>British Library IOR/V/10/1610 1909-10 TO 1927-28 ‘Morvi State Administration Report, Railways 1926-27’</ref>. '''1910'''. Tramways [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] 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'']] 1926. The ‘Morvi Tramway’ added a [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] line from Sanala to Khanpur 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 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 discontinued '' ==Morvi Railway==''These Tramway lines are shown in ‘Dark Blue’ in the schematic map'' * ‘Wadwha n-Rajkot Section’* ‘Vankaner- Morvi Section’ A section The tramway was converted to Metre Gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) 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|MG]]) ‘[[Jetalasar-Rajkot Railway]]’ when it opened in 1893 and later from 1897 with the opening of the [[Navanagar State Railway]] '''1924'''. The ‘Morvi-Navlakhi Section’, 30 miles(48km), metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) opened<ref name=Hist1937/>. 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==[[Richard Gardiner]] in 1887 was Manager-in-charge <ref>. [https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA499 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 499 (pdf page 462 )] Retrieved on 24 May 2016</ref> and [[Willoughby Verner Constable]] was the Officiating Manager<ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 14 May 2016</ref>. ==Further Information=='''[[Kathiawar Peninsula Railway and Tramway Systems]]''' gives a map, timeline and relates this railway to others in the Kathiawar Peninsula. == References ==<references /> [[Category:Tramways]][[Category:Railways]][[Category:Indian States Railways]][[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
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