Morvi Railway

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Morvi Railway
Locale Gujarat
Dates of operation 1890–1948
Successor Saurashtra Railway, Western Railway
Track gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Previous gauge Narrow gauge
Headquarters Morvi

Morvi Railway belongs to Princely States of Gujarat during 19th century.

History

The Morvi Railway was owned and managed by Morvi State. Waghjee Thakor of Morvi state started Railway lines for convenience of people and transportation in 1886. It was opened to traffic in 1890 between Wadhwan-Rajkot and Wankaner-Morvi as a 2 ft 6inch Road side tram way(narrow gauge) lines. The wadhwan-Rajkot was converted to Metre gauge in 1905 to match the gauge of other state Railway. During 1905 the metre gauge lines were extended upto 73miles and narrow gauge lines were 17 miles. The gauge conversion to metre gauge from wankaner to morvi was completed in the year 1924 under the regime of Lakhdiraji Thakor. Later it was managed by Dhrangadhra Railway in 1942,at that time the metre gauge lines were 132 miles. Later it was merged into Saurashtra Railway in April 1948.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "About Morvi Railway". 
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