Porbandar State Railway

Porbandar State Railway

Locale	Gujarat
Dates of operation	1888–1948
Successor	Saurashtra Railway
Track gauge	meter gauge
Headquarters	Porbandar

Porbandar State Railway belonged to the Princely States of Gujarat during 19th century.

History

The Porbandar State Railway was a metre gauge section owned by the State of Porbandar which was then ruled by Vikramatji Khimojiraj. Later railways were further developed by Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji and Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji under their rules. It worked initially with Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway until 1911. It was opened to traffic in 1888. Later, from 1919, it worked with Gondal Railway. The porbandar rail line was extended to Jamjodhpur in 1922, which was then the line was 42miles. After then it merged with Saurashtra Railway in April 1948.^[1]

References

1. "Porbandar railway".