https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Porbandar_State_Railway 2026-09-07T14:58:45Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porbandar_State_Railway&diff=248976&oldid=prev 2020-08-23T06:31:09Z

<p>added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:History_of_rail_transport_in_Gujarat&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat (page does not exist)">Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{moresources|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Infobox rail<br /> | railroad_name = Porbandar State Railway<br /> | logo_filename = <br /> | logo_size = <br /> | system_map = <br /> | map_caption = <br /> | map_size = <br /> | image = <br /> | image_size = <br /> | image_caption = <br /> | locale = [[Gujarat]]<br /> | start_year = 1888<br /> | end_year = 1948<br /> | predecessor_line = <br /> | successor_line = [[Saurashtra Railway]]<br /> | gauge = <br /> | old_gauge =<br /> | electrification = <br /> | length = <br /> | hq_city = [[Porbandar]]<br /> | website = <br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Porbandar State Railway&#039;&#039;&#039; was a {{RailGauge|1000mm|lk=on}} [[metre gauge]] in the [[Porbandar State]] in [[Gujarat]] during the 19th century.<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> The Porbandar State Railway was owned by the [[Porbandar State|State of Porbandar]], which was then ruled by [[Vikramatji Khimojiraj]]. Later railways were further developed by [[Bhavsinhji Madhavsinhji]] and [[Natwarsinhji Bhavsinhji]] under their rules. It worked initially with Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagad–Porbandar Railway until 1911. It was opened to traffic in 1888. Later, from 1919, it worked with Gondal Railway. The Porbandar rail line was extended to Jamjodhpur in 1922, at which time the line was 42 miles long. After that it merged with [[Saurashtra Railway]] in April 1948.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url= http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Porbandar_State_Railway |title=Porbandar railway}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Conversion to broad gauge ==<br /> The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2011.<br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Railways in Western India}}<br /> {{Western Railway}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Porbandar State Railway}}<br /> [[Category:Transport in Porbandar]]<br /> [[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]<br /> [[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br /> [[Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat]]</div>

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