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The ‘Statistics of Working’, 1937 show the year-by-year financial results from 1913-14 through to 1936-37 and the BSR System rising from 200 miles(322km) reaching 307 miles (494km) from 1928-29 onwards<ref name=Hist1937/> The 1937 record also shows the '''[[Bhavnagar Tramway|Bhavnagar Talaja Tramway]] ''' included in the returns of the BSR from 1926 onwards ‘[[Bhavnagar Tramway|''- see separate page for details'']] == Classification ==[[Indian Railway Classification]] of 1926 - Class II railway system.
1937 Admin Report info added and corrected previous info
==Bhavnagar State Railway==
With the dissolving of the BGJPR the ‘Bhavagar State Railway’(BSR) continued to develop :-
*1911-12: The ‘ Kundla Extension’, 36 miles(58km) from the mainline at [[Dhasa ]] to Kundla (Savar Kundla) <ref name=Admin169/>.
**''Line ‘D’ on map ''
*1913: The ‘Jasdan Branch’, 33 miles(54km) from the mainline at Botard to Jasdan, this was partly funded by the Jasdan Darbar <ref name=Admin169/>.
**''Line ‘E’ on map ''
*1921-22: The ‘Mahuva Extension’, 42 47½ miles(68km76km), a further extension from Kundla via Rajula Junction to Mahuva. This includes 4½ miles(7km) of ‘Mahuva Dock Estate Railway’which is worked for goods traffic only<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 221, pdf 264 ]; Retrieved 19 Aug 2020</ref>.**''Line ‘F’ on map ''*1922: The ‘Dhandhuka Branch’, 30 miles(48km), from the mainline at Botard to Dhandhuka where it connected to the BB&CIR network. Also described as the ’Botard- Dhandhuka Branch’ <ref name=Hist1937/>.
**''Line ‘G’ on map ''
*19221927: The ‘Rajula Town and Quarry Branch’, 6 miles(10km) from Rajula Junction to Rajula Town and a spur to the nearby quarries at Rajula<ref name=Hist1937/>.
**''Line ‘J’ on map''
*19231928: The ‘Port Albert Victor Branch’, 7½ miles(12km), which became an important oil terminal. Also described as the ‘Dungar Victor Extension’ <ref name=Hist1937/>.
**''Line ‘H’ on map''
* 1929: The ‘ Ningala‘Ningala-Gadhada Branch’ , 9½ miles(15km), **''Line ‘K’ on map'' - this line does not appear on the 1931 Map and there is no evidence of this route on modern maps from Ningala to Gadhada , opened 1 Jan 1929 <ref name=Hist1937/><ref> [https://ia801602.us.archive.org/6/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.96301/2015.96301.Kathiawar-Economics.pdf Kathiawar Economics’,1943, by A B Trivedi, 1943 Digital Library of India Archive.org Page 192)]; Retrieved 18 Jun 2019</ref>. **''Line ‘K’ on map'' - this line does not appear on the 1931 Map
* 1948: The BSR was merged to form the [[Saurashtra Railway| ‘Saurashtra Railway’’ ''- see separate page'']]
==Lines Worked by BSR==
* [[Dhrangadra Railway| ‘Dhrangadra Railway’ ''- see separate page'']] from opening in 1898 worked by BGJPR and from 1911 by BSR.
