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'Gondal Railway'' and Gondal State Railway' info added
|system2date= 1911
|system2details= [[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]]
|system3date=1919|system3details= Gondal State Railway
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[[File: Gondal State Railway.png|thumb| Gondal State Railway ]]The '''Gondal State Railway'''(GSRGR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Gondal State]]. The line opened in 1881 and originally worked by the ‘[[Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway]]’(BGJPR).
From 1911, the line formed the nucleus of a new system, working jointly with the ‘[[Porbandar State Railway]]’(PSR) thus forming the '''[[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]]'''.
In 1919 the ‘Gondal State Railway’ took over the sole working of the ‘[[Porbandar State Railway]]’ and formed the [[Gondal-Porbandar Railway|‘Gondal -Porbandar '''Gondal State Railway’Railway''']](JSR) was formed.
In 1948, became a part of ‘[[Saurashtra Railway]]’.
<blockquote>At [[Dhasa]] the line connected to the ‘[[Bhavnagar State Railway]]’; and continued westward via Khijadiya (with connection to the ‘[[Khijadiya-Dhari Railway]]’ and via [[Jetalsar]] with connection north to the ‘[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ and south to the ‘[[Junagadh State Railway]]’; then via [[Dhoraji]]; then to [[Jamjodhpur]] (where it connected to the ‘[[Porbandar State Railway]]’ </blockquote>
* ‘[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway]]’ [[Jetalsar]] to [[Rajkot]], opened 1893, 46 miles(72km) <ref name=Admin/>.
<blockquote>From [[Jetalsar]] (with its connections); via [[Gondal State|Gondal]] to [[Rajkot]] (where it connected to the ‘[[Jamnagar and Dwarka Railway]]’ and the ‘[[Morvi Railway]]’ <br>[[Jetalsar-Rajkot Railway| ''See separate page for History and details'']] </blockquote>
* ‘[[Khijadiya-Dhari Railway]]’ was a Branch line, opened 1913, 37 miles(60km) <ref name=Admin/>,
<blockquote>A branch line from Khijadiya (on the ‘Mainline’ between [[Dhasa]] and [[Jetalsar]]. Owned by the [[Gondal State|State of Gondal]] and the construction was started by the ‘Gondal Railway’ but opened by the ‘[[Gondal-Porbandar Railway]]’. <br>[[Khijadiya-Dhari Railway |''See separate page for details'']] </blockquote>
==Personnel==
