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<p>updated template, replaced: Indian gauge → {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} <a href="/wiki/Broad_gauge" class="mw-redirect" title="Broad gauge">broad gauge</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}<br /> {{Infobox rail line<br /> | box_width = 28em<br /> | name = Wankaner–Surendranagar section<br /> | color = <br /> | logo =<br /> | logo_width =<br /> | image = <br /> | image_width = <br /> | caption = <br /> | type = <br /> | system = <br /> | status = Operational<br /> | locale = [[Gujarat]]<br /> | start = [[Wankaner Junction railway station|Wankaner]]<br /> | end = [[Surendranagar railway station|Surendranagar]]<br /> | stations = <br /> | routes =<br /> | daily_ridership =<br /> | open = 1890<br /> | close =<br /> | owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br /> | operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]<br /> | character =<br /> | depot =<br /> | stock = <br /> | linelength = <br /> | tracklength = {{convert|74|km|mi|0|abbr=on}}<br /> | tracks = 1<br /> | gauge = {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]]<br /> | old_gauge =<br /> | minradius =<br /> | racksystem =<br /> | electrification =<br /> | speed = <br /> | elevation =<br /> | website =<br /> | map = <br /> | map_state = <br /> }}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Wankaner–Surendranagar section&#039;&#039;&#039; belongs to Western Railway of Rajkot Division in Gujarat State.<br /> <br /> {{Wankaner–Surendra Nagar section|collapse=yes}}<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Sir Lakhdiraji,{{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. Surendranagar-Rajkot section was laid in 1890.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history3.html |title = IR History: Part - 3 (1900 - 1947)}}&lt;/ref&gt; Gauge conversion of Viramgam–Hapa section via Surendranagar, Wankaner was completed by 1980.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web| url = http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history5.html |title = IR History: Part - 5 (1970 - 1995)}}&lt;/ref&gt; Morvi State Railway was merged into the [[Western Railway (India)|Western Railway]] on 5 November 1951.<br /> <br /> ==Freight==<br /> About 26 trains pass through this section daily.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url= http://m.indiarailinfo.com/search/surendranagar-sunr-to-wankaner-wkr/1571/0/1664 |title=Passing trains through this section}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Doubling ==<br /> Doubling work on this section is expected to be commenced by December 2016.<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Railways in Western India}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Wankaner-Surendra Nagar section}}<br /> [[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br /> [[Category:Railway lines in Gujarat]]<br /> [[Category:Rajkot railway division|*]]<br /> [[Category:1890 establishments in India]]</div>

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