Running since 19th Century, five narrow gauge rail lines to stay |
Making a big exception in its gauge conversion policy, the Indian Railways has decided to preserve the five oldest, working narrow gauge lines dating back to its colonial era, part of what was Asia`s largest narrow-gauge light railway system, running since the 19th Century. Commercially working narrow gauge lines are pretty much non-existent in the world, other than some hill railways in India, and this is an effort by the Railways to save them from complete extinction. All the lines are in Gujarat, totalling 204 km, and were originally owned by the princely state`s Gaekwad Baroda State Railway (GBSR).
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