Saurashtra Railway

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Saurashtra Railway was a railway company in British India that served the Saurashtra region. It was formed in April 1948 by merging several princely-state railways, including Bhavnagar State Railway, Gondal Railway, Porbandar Railway, Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway, Morvi Railway, Dhrangadhra Railway, Okhamandal State Railway, Junagadh State Railway, Baria State Railway, and Rajpipla Railway, with its headquarters at Rajkot. It operated until 1951. After independence and the formation of Saurashtra State from these princely states, the Government of India merged the Gujarat state railways into a single entity also called Saurashtra Railway. On 5 November 1951, Saurashtra Railway merged with Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway, Rajputana Railway, Jaipur State Railway, and Cutch State Railway to form the Western Railway.