Kathiawar State Railway

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Kathiawar State Railway
Overview
HeadquartersSurendranagar
LocaleKathiawar, British India
Dates of operation1898–1948
SuccessorBhavnagar State Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

Kathiawar State Railway was a metre gauge railway built by the . The railway opened in December 1880. The railway ran from Wadhwan on the south side of the Bhogavo River (facing Surendranagar) to the docks at Bhavnagar.[1] It was also known as the Surendranagar–Bhavnagar Railway. This railway later merged with Bhavnagar State Railway.

Personnel[]

The records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway'

  • Trevredyn Rashleigh Wynne deployed from the Railway Branch of the Public Works Department, 1879–83, to the Kathiawar State Railway as Assistant Engineer, later promoted to Executive Engineer.
  • , Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881.
  • , also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.

Conversion to broad gauge[]

The railway was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) broad gauge by 2003.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)" 'Year 1880'; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017
  2. ^ "New gauge conversion rly line".
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