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Okhamandal State Railway
Okhamandal State Railway and Kuranga-Okha Railway
Also refered to as Kuranga-Okha Railway and Kuranga-Adatra Railway
The Okhamandal State Railway was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge(MG) line financed by the Princely Okhamandal State. The line between Kuranga and Arthara +((see note) was sanctioned in 1913. It was reported that as at 1918 "work on this line has been stopped for the present" due to the war. [1] [2].
The line was constructed by the Maharaja Gaekwar of Baroda and initially worked by the ‘Baroda State Railway’ from opening in Nov 1922, a length of 37 miles(60km) [3].
+ Spelling Note:
- Kuranga via Dwarka to Okha is about 38 miles. So Arthara must be close to Okha.
- Adatra is used in 1943 as the terminal of the 37 mile railway from Kuranga [4]. It is possible Arthara and Adatra are the same place
Later History
1922: the Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway(GBSR) initially took over the management and operation of the ‘Okhamandal State Railway’.
1922: Kuranga-Okha Railway was the name given to the railway on the opening of the Okha Port Trust Railway [2] .
1923 : With effect from Apr 1923 these three connected lines:- the ‘Jamnagar State Railway’, the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway ‘ and the ‘Okhamandal State Railway’ were amalgamated to form the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway System’(J&DR) [3].
1931: The 1931 Map [5] shows the JDR as working the line from Jamnagar via Kuranga and to Okha Port.
1943: The 1943 Record describes this railway as the Kuranga-Adatra Railway[4]
1948: 'Saurashtra Railway' came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included the ‘Okhamandal Railway’ and the ‘Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway [6].
Further Information
See Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway
References
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195"; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019
- ↑ Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019
- ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 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 242, pdf 285; Retrieved 22 Aug 2020
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 1943 ‘Kathiawar Economics’ by A B Trivedi, 1943 Digital Library of India Archive.org, Appendix B ‘Railways in Kathiawar with opening dates, pages 194(pdf217
- ↑ ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India,’ v. 26, Atlas 1931 edition, Railways & Inland Navigation, p. 24. ; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019
- ↑ Wikipedia "Saurashtra Railway""; Retrieved 7 Jun 2019