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The '''Okhamandal State Railway''' was a {{convert|37|mi|km}} [[metre gauge]] railway financed by the Okhamandal State.<br />
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==History==<br />
The line between Kuranga and Arthara was sanctioned in 1913. In 1918, work on this line was stopped due to the war.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n203/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195]; Retrieved 20 Dec 2015</ref><ref name=name>[http://www.historyofvadodara.in/2010/01/Railway-Museum-and-Auditorium.html "History of Vadodara/Railway Museum"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123031103/http://www.historyofvadodara.in/2010/01/Railway-Museum-and-Auditorium.html |date=23 November 2015 }}; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref> In 1921, the [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]] (GBSR) took over the management and operation of the Okhamandal State Railway. In 1922 the Kuranga–Okha Railway branch was opened which linked to the [[Okha Port Trust Railway]]. In 1923 the operation and maintenance of the Okhamandal State Railway was passed to the [[Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway]].<ref name=name/> [[Saurashtra Railway]] came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of a number of state railways which included Okhamandal State Railway.<br />
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==Conversion to broad gauge==<br />
The railway was converted to {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 1984.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html |title = IR History: Part - V (1970 - 1995)|first=|last=| accessdate = 2018-04-30}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Saurashtra (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Metre-gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:1918 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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