Junagadh State Railway
Overview
HeadquartersJunagadh
LocaleSaurashtra, Gujarat
Dates of operation1911–1948
PredecessorBhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway
SuccessorSaurashtra Railway, Western Railway
Technical
Track gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge

The Junagadh State Railway (JunSR) was a metre gauge railway owned by the Junagadh State and initially worked by the Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway.[1] From 1911 the JunSR worked itself as an independent system, owned by the Junagadh Durbar, until 1948 when it became part of the Saurashtra Railway.[2]

Rolling stock

In 1936, the company owned 18 locomotives, 2 railcars, 99 coaches and 373 goods wagons.[3]

Classification

It was labeled as a Class II railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.[4][5]

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 progressively in 2000s.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193; Retrieved 7 Feb 2016
  2. ^ "British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue" - Search; Retrieved 7 Apr 2016
  3. ^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 222.
  4. ^ "Indian Railway Classification". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  5. ^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. pp. 220–223.
  6. ^ "Curtains for metre gauge trains". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 April 2018.


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