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Railway reorganization: clean up, typo(s) fixed: in 1 June 2001 → on 1 June 2001

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox rail line
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| name = Gandhidham–Bhuj section
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| image = Entrance to Bhuj railway station.jpg
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| caption = Bhuj railway station the last station on Gandhidham–Bhuj section
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| status = Operational
| locale = [[Gujarat]]
| start = [[Gandhidham Bg Railway Station|Gandhidham]]
| end = [[Bhuj railway station|Bhuj]]
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| open = 1908
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]
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| gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]
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| map = {{Gandhidham–Bhuj section}}
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The '''Gandhidham–Bhuj section''' belongs to Western Railway of Kutch district in [[Gujarat]] state. It passes through [[Adipur]] and [[Anjar, India|Anjar]]

==History==
Initially Gandhidham–Bhuj section was a metre gauge and later it was converted to broad gauge. The railway ran north from the port of Tuna towards Anjar in the Kutch. The railway was financed by the Maharao Khengarji Bawa of Cutch, and the initial section to Anjar was opened in 1905.
An extension from Anjar to the state capital of Bhuj was later made and lines opened in 1908.

==Railway reorganization==
[[Cutch State Railway]] was merged into the [[Western Railway (India)|Western Railway]] on 5 November 1951, at which Gandhidham–Bhuj section was metre gauge. After the gauge conversion, Gandhidham–Bhuj section on 1 June 2001.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/27/stories/122781b2.htm| title=Wagon industry will get a shot in the arm| location=Chennai, India| work=The Hindu| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506073521/http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2001/02/27/stories/122781b2.htm| archive-date=6 May 2011}}</ref> Some of the trains were extended to Bhuj.<ref>{{cite news| url= http://www.hindu.com/2000/02/26/stories/0226000g.htm| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131112134009/http://www.hindu.com/2000/02/26/stories/0226000g.htm| url-status= dead| archive-date= 12 November 2013| title=Railways' new vision for the millennium| location=Chennai, India| work= [[The Hindu]]| date=26 February 2000}}</ref>

==Route==
Gandhidham–Bhuj section connects [[Adipur Railway station|Adipur]], [[Mundra Port]] and [[Bhuj railway station|New Bhuj]]. Mundra Port link separates at Adipur.

==Speed limits==
The Gandhidham–Bhuj Section is classified as a Group E-special class line in which speed should be below 100 km/h.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-pway.html| title=Permanent Way| access-date=12 December 2013}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Railways in Western India}}

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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]
[[Category:Railway lines in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Transport in Kutch district]]
[[Category:Ahmedabad railway division|*]]
[[Category:1908 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Gandhidham]]
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 1908]]
[[Category:Transport in Bhuj]]

Gandhidham–Bhuj section - Revision history

>Titodutta: /* Railway reorganization */clean up, typo(s) fixed: in 1 June 2001 → on 1 June 2001