The Bhavnagar Tramway was a gauge railway built by the Bhavnagar State, India. The first section was built in 1926 from Bhavnagar

Bhavnagar

-Topography:Bhavnagar is a coastal city in the eastern coast of Saurashtra, also known as Kathiawar, located at . It has an average elevation of 24 metres . It occupies area of 53.30 km². General slope dips in the northeasterly direction at the apex of Gulf of Khambhat...

 south to Talaja

Talaja

Talaja is a city and a municipality in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat.- Geography :Talaja is located at . It has an average elevation of 19 metres ....

, and then extended to Mahura

Mahura

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 in 1938. The total length of the tramway was 67.5 miles. The tramway used small 4-8-0 locomotives, later classified as the “T” class. In 1947 the tramway was taken over by the Saurashtra Railway

Saurashtra Railway

Saurashtra Railway came into being in April, 1948 with the amalgamation of state railways like Bhavnagar State Railway, Gondal Railway, Porbandar Railway, Jamnagar & Dwarka Railway, Morvi Railway, Dhrangadhra Railway, Okhamandal Railway, Junagadh State Railway, Baria Light Railway, Rajpipla...

, and later by the Western Railway

Western Railway (India)

The Western Railway is one of the 16 zones of Indian Railways, and is among the busiest railway networks in India. The major railway routes of Indian Railways which come under Western Railways are: Ratlam - Mumbai Central, Surat - Mumbai, Surat - Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad - Vadodara and Palanpur -...

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