https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Maliya_Miyana%E2%80%93Wankaner_sectionMaliya Miyana–Wankaner section - Revision history2026-08-19T01:38:59ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.6https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maliya_Miyana%E2%80%93Wankaner_section&diff=232433&oldid=prev->Titodutta: /* Gauge conversion */clean up, typo(s) fixed: 1996-97 → 1996–972021-08-07T03:35:55Z<p><span class="autocomment">Gauge conversion: </span>clean up, <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:AWB/T" class="extiw" title="wp:AWB/T">typo(s) fixed</a>: 1996-97 → 1996–97</p>
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{{Infobox rail line<br />
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| name = Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section<br />
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| status = Operational<br />
| locale = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| start = [[Maliya Miyana railway station|Maliya Miyana]]<br />
| end = [[Wankaner Junction railway station|Wankaner]]<br />
| stations = [[Morbi railway station|Morbi]] (or) [[Morbi railway station|Morvi]]<br />
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| open = 1890 up to [[Morvi]]<br />
1940 up to Maliya Miyana <br />
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| owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]<br />
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The '''Maliya Miyana–Wankaner morbi ghantila mg line belongs''' to Western Railway of Rajkot Division in [[Gujarat]] State.<br />
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==Section==<br />
{| {{Railway line header}}<br />
{{BS-header|Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section|Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section|#{{CR-GSW-Jt colour}}|white}}<br />
{{BS-table}}<br />
{{BS7||||CONTg|||||''to [[Gandhidham–Ahmedabad main line]]''}}<br />
{{BS7||||BHF||||0|[[Maliya Miyana railway station|Maliya Miyana]]}}<br />
{{BS7||||ÜST|||||}}<br />
{{BS7||||ABZgl|CONTfq||||''to [[Gandhidham–Ahmedabad main line]]''}}<br />
{{BS7||||HST||||19|Vavaniya}}<br />
{{BS7||BOOT|STRq|ABZg+r|||||[[Port of Navlakhi|Navlakhi Port]]}}<br />
{{BS7||||HST||||25|Dahinsara}}<br />
{{BS7||||HST||||37|Barwala}}<br />
{{BS7||||SKRZ-G2u|||||Nani–Vavaniya Road}}<br />
{{BS7||||SKRZ-G2u|||||Morbi Bypass}}<br />
{{BS7||||SKRZ-G2u|||||Navlakhi Road}}<br />
{{BS7||||BHF||||51|[[Morbi railway station|Morbi]]}}<br />
{{BS7||||hKRZWa|||||[[Machchu River]]}}<br />
{{BS7||||hKRZWe|||||}}<br />
{{BS7||||SKRZ-G2u|||||Navlakhi Road}}<br />
{{BS7||||HST||||54|Nazarbaug}}<br />
{{BS7||||HST||||62|Rafaleshwar}}<br />
{{BS7||||HST||||63|Makansar}}<br />
{{BS7||||SKRZ-G2u|||||}}<br />
{{BS7||||SKRZ-G4u|||||[[National Highway 8A (India)|NH-8A]] and [[National Highway 27 (India)|NH-27]]}}<br />
{{BS7|||CONTgq|ABZgr+r|||||''to [[Viramgam–Okha line]]''}}<br />
{{BS7||||KRZ|||||}}<br />
{{BS7||||ÜST|||||}}<br />
{{BS7|||BUS|INT|BAHN|PARKING||80|[[Wankaner Junction railway station|Wankaner]]}}<br />
{{BS7||||CONTf|||||''to [[Viramgam–Okha line]]''}}<br />
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==History==<br />
The Morvi-Wankaner section was laid as a 2&nbsp;ft 6 inch (narrow gauge) road side tram way in the year 1890 by [[Morvi Railway]] up to Morvi under the regime of Sir Waghji Thakor. Later it was converted to metre gauge in 1924. Later it was extended to Maliya Miyana before the 1940s. Sir Lakhdhiraji Thakor{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} who ruled from 1922 until 1948. Sir Lakhdiraji acted as a ruler, manager, patron and policeman of the state with great authority. Sir Lakhdiraji, like other contemporary rulers of Saurashtra, built roads and a railway network (of seventy miles), connecting [[Wadhwan]] and Morbi and the two small ports of [[Port of Navlakhi|Navlakhi]] and Vavania to export salt and cloth. It was the last steam engine hauled section in India. Before railbuses took over on Wankaner-Morvi, there were two-coach trains hauled by YG or YP steam locos (these were the last steam-hauled trains on those routes).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-trivia.html |title=Irfca trivia}}</ref> Running of Steam trains stopped in April 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/fnrm1-steam.html |title=Steam sections in India}}</ref><br />
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==Gauge conversion==<br />
Gauge conversion of Maliya–Miyana section was taken up in 1996–97.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ieo.org/rail008.html |title=Rail budget announcement 1996-97}}</ref> Conversion to [[broad gauge]] was completed in the year 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.processregister.com/Wankaner-Maliya_Miyana_Rail/Project/pid17243.htm |title=history of maliya miyana-wankaner section}}</ref><br />
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==Freight==<br />
Maliya Miyana–Wankaner section is mainly a freight line for salt transportation from Dahinsar. Due to income in freight this line is not closed otherwise it would have been closed.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.internationalsteam.co.uk/trains/india08.htm |title=Salt freight}}</ref> Less passenger trains pass through this line.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://m.indiarailinfo.com/search/maliya-miyana-malb-to-wankaner-wkr/2262/0/1664 |title=Trains passing}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Railway lines in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Rajkot railway division|*]]<br />
[[Category:Ahmedabad railway division|*]]<br />
[[Category:1890 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Western Railway Zone]]</div>->Titodutta