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The '''Gondal State Railway (GSR) ''' was a [[metre gauge]] railway owned by the [[Gondal State]].<br />
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==History==<br />
The line opened in 1881 and originally worked by the Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagad–Porbandar Railway. From 1911, the line formed the nucleus of a new system, working jointly with the [[Porbandar State Railway]] (PSR) thus forming the Gondal–Porbandar Railway. In 1919, GSR took over the sole working of the PSR. Khijadiya–Dhari Railway opened in 1913 was a [[metre gauge]] railway, part of GSR and owned by the State of Gondal. In 1948, GSR became a part of [[Saurashtra Railway]].<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
No staff lists have ever been found. The following personnel are recorded as 'on loan' from the [[Public Works Department]] (PWD).<br />
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*[[Richard Gardiner]] Lieut-Col. R.E. from PWD, 1887, Manager and Engineer-in-Chief of 'Bhavnagar-Gondal Railway' until retirement in 1893.<ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA499 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 499 (pdf page 462)] Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref> <br />
*Willoughby Verner Constable, 1887, Officiating Manager of 'Bhavnagar and Gondal States Railways'.<ref>[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA466 Google Books " India List and India Office List, 1905" page 466 (pdf page 429)] Retrieved on 17 May 2016</ref><br />
*Ernest Ifill Shadbolt, PWD Assistant Engineer from 1874 to 1884 'services lent to Bhavnagar and Gondal States' Railways.<ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/430 "Indian Biographical Dictionary" 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 30 May 2016</ref> <br />
*Horace Chaloner Knox, 1890, Executive Engineer employed with 'Bhavnagar-Gondal-Junagad-Porbandar Railway'.<ref>India Civil List 1890, page 41</ref><br />
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==Conversion to broad gauge==<br />
The network was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] progressively in 2010s.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.wr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris/uploads/files/1420720241378-1417152483241-Project%20updated%20net%20upto%2027.11.14.pdf |title = Western Railways new lines|first=|last=| accessdate = 2018-04-30}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Saurashtra (region)]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1911]]<br />
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1911]]</div>>Titodutta