Junagadh State Railway Explained
| Railroad Name: | Junagadh State Railway |
| Logo Filename: | Indian Railway Heritage Logo-22 – Junagadh State Railway (WR).jpg |
| Locale: | Saurashtra, Gujarat |
| Start Year: | 1911 |
| End Year: | 1948 |
| Predecessor Line: | Bhavnagar–Gondal–Junagadh–Porbandar Railway |
| Successor Line: | Saurashtra Railway, Western Railway |
| Hq City: | Junagadh |
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 broad gauge progressively in 2000s.[6]
Notes and References
- https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n201/mode/1up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 193
- http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 "British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue" - Search
- Book: World Survey of Foreign Railways . 1936 . Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.. English . 222.
- Web site: Indian Railway Classification . 10 November 2022. en.
- Book: World Survey of Foreign Railways . 1936 . Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.. English . 220–223.
- News: Curtains for metre gauge trains . . 28 November 2002 . 2018-04-30.
