Morvi Railway
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
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| locale = Gujarat
| start_year = 1890
| end_year = 1948
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| gauge = {{RailGauge|1000mm|lk=on}}
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Morvi Railway (MR) was a {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} 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 {{RailGauge|762mm|lk=on}} narrow gauge roadside tramway. The line was converted to {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} in 1905 to match the gauge of other state Railways. During 1905 the metre gauge lines were extended to 73 miles and the {{RailGauge|762mm|disp=1}} 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.{{cite book |title=World Survey of Foreign Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA18 |year=1936 |publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.|language=English |page=223}}
Classification
It was labeled as a Class II railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.{{cite web| title=Indian Railway Classification | url=https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Indian_Railway_Classification | access-date=10 November 2022| language=en}}{{cite book |title=World Survey of Foreign Railways |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HxHLQGfxDa0C&pg=RA16-PA15 |year=1936 |publisher=Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C.|language=English |pages=220–223}}
Conversion to broad gauge
The railway was converted to Broad gauge in the year 2001.{{cite web|url= http://www.videoscene.co.uk/last-wisps-of-indian-steam.html |title=history of maliya miyana-wankaner section}}
References
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{{Class II railways according to Indian Railway Classification System}}
Category:2 ft 6 in gauge railways in India
Category:Metre-gauge railways in India
Category:Defunct railway companies of India