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The '''Okhamandal State Railway''' was a 37 mile(59km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line financed by the Princely State of Okhamandal ''(date opened not determined after 1881 and before 1921).''
<ref name=name>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/2010/01/Railway-Museum-and-Auditorium.html] "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1921 the [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR) took over the management and operation of the Okhamandal State Railway. In 1922 the [[Kuranga-Okha Railway]] branch was opened.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html ]IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 3"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1923 the operation and maintenance of the Okhamandal State Railway was passed to the [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]].
[[Saurashtra Railway]] came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included Okhamandal Railway.
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saurashtra_Railway] Wikipedia - "Saurashtra Railway"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
