Morvi Railway Explained

Railroad Name:	Morvi Railway
Logo Filename:	Indian Railway Heritage Logo-27 – Morvi State (WR).jpg
Locale:	Gujarat
Start Year:	1890
End Year:	1948
Successor Line:	Saurashtra Railway, Western Railway
Hq City:	Morvi

Morvi Railway (MR) was a line in the princely state of Morvi in Gujarat, India.

History

The Morvi Railway was built by the Morvi State. Construction started in 1886 and the line was opened to traffic in 1890 between Wadhwan and Wankaner as a narrow gauge roadside tramway. The line was converted to in 1905 to match the gauge of other state Railways. During 1905 the metre gauge lines were extended to 73 miles and the lines were now 17 miles. The gauge conversion to metre gauge from Wankaner to Morvi was completed in 1924 under the regime of Lakhdiraji Thakor.

In April 1948 it was merged into Saurashtra Railway.

Rolling stock

In 1936, the company owned 59 locomotives, 3 railcars, 134 coaches and 315 goods wagons.^[1]

Classification

It was labeled as a Class II railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.^{[2] [3]}

Conversion to broad gauge

The railway was converted to Broad gauge in the year 2001. ^[4]

Notes and References

1. Book: World Survey of Foreign Railways . 1936 . Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.. English . 223.
2. Web site: Indian Railway Classification . 10 November 2022. en.
3. Book: World Survey of Foreign Railways . 1936 . Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.. English . 220–223.
4. Web site: history of maliya miyana-wankaner section.