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| railroad_name = Morvi Railway<br />
| logo_filename = Indian Railway Heritage Logo-27 – Morvi State (WR).jpg<br />
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| locale = [[Gujarat]]<br />
| start_year = 1890<br />
| end_year = 1948<br />
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| successor_line = [[Saurashtra Railway]], [[Western Railway Zone|Western Railway]]<br />
| gauge = {{RailGauge|1000mm|lk=on}}<br />
| old_gauge = {{RailGauge|762mm|lk=on}}<br />
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'''Morvi Railway (MR)''' was a {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} line in the [[Morvi State|princely state of Morvi]] in Gujarat, India.<br />
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==History==<br />
The Morvi Railway was built by the Morvi State. Construction started in 1886 and the line was opened to traffic in 1890 between [[Wadhwan]] and [[Wankaner]] as a {{RailGauge|762mm|lk=on}} [[narrow gauge]] roadside tramway. The line was converted to {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} in 1905 to match the [[track gauge|gauge]] of other state Railways. During 1905 the metre gauge lines were extended to 73 miles and the {{RailGauge|762mm|disp=1}} lines were now 17 miles. The gauge conversion to metre gauge from Wankaner to Morvi was completed in 1924 under the regime of Lakhdiraji Thakor.<br />
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In April 1948 it was merged into [[Saurashtra Railway]].<br />
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== Rolling stock ==<br />
In 1936, the company owned 59 locomotives, 3 railcars, 134 coaches and 315 goods wagons.<ref>{{cite book |title=World Survey of Foreign Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA18 |year=1936 |publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.|language=English |page=223}}</ref><br />
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==Classification==<br />
It was labeled as a Class II railway according to [[Indian Railway Classification]] System of 1926.<ref>{{cite web| title=Indian Railway Classification | url=https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Indian_Railway_Classification | access-date=10 November 2022| language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=World Survey of Foreign Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA15 |year=1936 |publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.|language=English |pages=220–223}}</ref><br />
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==Conversion to broad gauge==<br />
The railway was converted to [[Broad gauge]] in the year 2001.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.videoscene.co.uk/last-wisps-of-indian-steam.html |title=history of maliya miyana-wankaner section}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Class II railways according to Indian Railway Classification System}}<br />
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[[Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Metre-gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat]]<br />
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