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'''Khambhalia-Bhanvad Guide Ways Monorail Tramway'''
The ‘Guide Ways (India) Limited’ company was formed by a partnership of three men that included the former [[Public Works Department]] Minister for Bombay State and the Chief Engineer of the [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]](J&DR) .
<ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry GJ13 page 149</ref>.
The company constructed an 11 mile(17km) monorail tramway from Khambhalia, Gujarat State towards Bhanvad, <ref name =darvill/> a town 25 miles(40km) to the south . At Khambhalia there was a station on the J&DR, a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway that connected [[Rajkot]] to [[Jamnagar]] in 1897 and extended via Kamhalia finally reaching Port Okha in 1921.
The line opened on 27 May 1946 and the rolling stock consisted of one petrol powered locomotive, two passenger carriages and two wagons. It is unknown what type of monorail system was in use <ref name =darvill/>.
The monorail closed in 1952 due to a dam being constructed over the Ghee River that submerged four miles of the line<ref name =darvill/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Monorail]]
The ‘Guide Ways (India) Limited’ company was formed by a partnership of three men that included the former [[Public Works Department]] Minister for Bombay State and the Chief Engineer of the [[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]](J&DR) .
<ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry GJ13 page 149</ref>.
The company constructed an 11 mile(17km) monorail tramway from Khambhalia, Gujarat State towards Bhanvad, <ref name =darvill/> a town 25 miles(40km) to the south . At Khambhalia there was a station on the J&DR, a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway that connected [[Rajkot]] to [[Jamnagar]] in 1897 and extended via Kamhalia finally reaching Port Okha in 1921.
The line opened on 27 May 1946 and the rolling stock consisted of one petrol powered locomotive, two passenger carriages and two wagons. It is unknown what type of monorail system was in use <ref name =darvill/>.
The monorail closed in 1952 due to a dam being constructed over the Ghee River that submerged four miles of the line<ref name =darvill/>.
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
[[Category:Industrial Railways]]
[[Category:Monorail]]
