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July 15 , 2018
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- The 33-km Dabhoi-Miyagam line, India’s first narrow gauge railway stretch which started operations in 1862, will be closed forever.
- The line will soon be converted into broad gauge.
- The line was designed by a British engineer named A.W.Ford.
- Steam engines were deployed in the year 1863, when Maharaja Khanderao of Baroda State purchased three steam locomotives.
- The ministry of railways (Railway Board) had identified the Dabhoi-Miyagam line of Western Railway as one of the five narrow gauge lines that can be preserved for promoting heritage tourism in the country.
- The other lines which were identified for preservation are the Miyagam-Malsar line (38 km), the Charonda-Moti Karal line (19 km), the Pratap Nagar-Jambusar line (51 km) and the Bilmora-Waghi line (63 km).
- The five railway lines are collectively 204 km long in Gujarat, built by the erstwhile princely state of Baroda.
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