Junagadh State Railway

Junagadh State Railway
Locale Saurashtra, Gujarat
Dates of operation 19111948
Predecessor Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway
Successor Saurashtra Railway, Western Railway
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 38 in) metre gauge
Headquarters Junagadh

The Junagadh State Railway (JunSR) was a metre gauge railway owned by the Junagadh State and initially worked by the Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway.[1] From 1911 the JunSR worked itself as an independent system, owned by the Junagadh Durbar, until 1948 when it became part of the Saurashtra Railway.[2]

Conversion to broad gauge

The railway was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge progressively in 2000s.[3]

References

  1. "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016
  2. "British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue" - Search; Retrieved 7 Apr 2016
  3. "Curtains for metre gauge trains". Retrieved 2018-04-30.
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