Porbandar State Railway

Porbandar State Railway was a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 ³⁄₈ in) metre gauge in the Porbandar State in Gujarat during the 19th century.

Porbandar State Railway

Overview
Headquarters	Porbandar
Locale	Gujarat
Dates of operation	1888–1948
Successor	Saurashtra Railway

History

The Porbandar State Railway was owned by the 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.[1]

Conversion to broad gauge

The railway lines were converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge in 2011.

References

1. "Porbandar railway".