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The '''Yesvantpur  Dod-Ballapur Railway''' was a section of 20 miles(32km),  constructed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] Durbar as a  metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])  section of the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’. The section from [[Yesvantpur]] to [[Dod-Ballapur]](''see spelling note'') opened in 1892 <ref name=Adminp90>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n99/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 90 (pdf99) ]; Retrieved  18 Feb 2018</ref>  as part of the [[Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway]]  and was leased to the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] (SMR). In 1907, the SMR transformed itself into the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] (M&SMR), with the lease following.

From [[Yesvantpur]] the first 6½ miles(10km) to Yelahanka  was in 1917 modified to mixed gauge with the addition of a third rail. This was to enable the  [[Bangalore-Chikballapur Light Railway]] a  2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line to share the track over this short section  <ref name=Adminp90/><ref name=Adminp81>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n90/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 81 (pdf90) ]; Retrieved  18 Feb 2018</ref>  


''Spelling Note''
<br>‘[[Dod-Ballapur]]’ is the spelling given in the ‘Imperial Gazetteer of India’, v. 6, p. 366 
<ref>[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V06_372.gif ‘,Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 6, p. 366.’ )]; Retrieved  18 Feb 2018</ref>,  this we take to be the definitive spelling
<br>‘Dodballapur’ is used in the 1918 ‘Administration Report for Railways’
<br>‘Doddaballapur ‘ is the modern name 
<br>‘Dodballepur’ is incorrectly used in some records

==Further Information==
See  '''[[Mysore State Railway]]'''

and  '''[[Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' up to 1907

and  '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' thereafter

== References ==
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