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| locale = [[Kathiawar]], [[British India]]<br />
| start_year = 1898<br />
| end_year = 1948<br />
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'''Kathiawar State Railway''' was a [[metre gauge]] railway built by the [[Kathiawar State]]. 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]].<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html IRFCA "Chronology of railways in India, Part 2 (1870 - 1899)" 'Year 1880']; Retrieved 19 Jun 2017</ref> It was also known as the '''Surendranagar–Bhavnagar Railway'''. This railway later merged with [[Bhavnagar State Railway]].<br />
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==Personnel==<br />
The records show the following deployed to the 'Kathiawar State Railway' <br />
*[[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.<br />
*[[John Edwin Dallas]], Assistant Engineer, also from the railway Branch was P.A. to the Engineer-in-Chief Kathiawar State Railway, from 1881. <br />
*[[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], also from the railway Branch was Executive Engineer, Kathiawar State Railway, 1887-91.<br />
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==Conversion to broad gauge==<br />
The railway was converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} {{Track gauge|5ft6in|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] by 2003.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://expressindia.indianexpress.com/fe/daily/19990708/fec08086p.html |title = New gauge conversion rly line|first=|last=| accessdate =}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Saurashtra (region)]]<br />
[[Category:History of rail transport in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:1948 disestablishments in India]]</div>->Vatsmaxed