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[[File:Kolar District Railway.png|thumb|Kolar District Railway & Bowringpet-Kolar Railway]]
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'''Kolar District Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) from [[Bowringpet|Bowringpet (''later named Bangarapet'')]] <br>to [[Chik-Ballapur|Chik-Ballapur (''later named Chikkaballapura'')]], a length of 63½ miles(102km)
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<ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n242/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 233 (pdf 242)]; Retrieved 15 Nov 2018</ref>.
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|route= [[Bowringpet]] to [[Chikballapur]]
|gauge1= 2' 6" NG
|gauge1details= 63 miles (1916)
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|timeline1date= 1916
|timeline1details= Opened to traffic
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|presidency= [[Madras]]
|stations= [[Bowringpet]], [[Kolar]], [[Chikballapur]]
|system1date= 1916
|system1details= Worked by [[Mysore State Railway]]
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The first section from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Kolar]] was originally the '''Bowringpet-Kolar Railway''', 10½ miles(17km), when it opened in Dec 1913, constructed by the Mysore Durbar. It was financed entirely by the [[Kolar and Mysore District Board|District Board of Kolar]] from the proceeds of a debenture loan <ref name=Admin/>.
[[File: Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway Map.png| thumb|'''Kolar District Railway''']]


As the District Board were unable to raise the entire capital for the whole of the line from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Chik-Ballapur]], the cost was bourne in equal proportions both by the [[Kolar and Mysore District Board|Mysore Durbar and the Kolar District Board - ''see separate page'']].The 52 mile(84km) extension from [[Kolar]] via Chistamani to [[Chik-Ballapur]] opened in 1916, giving a total line of 63½ miles(101km)<ref name=Admin/>.
'''Kolar District Railway'''  was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Chik-Ballapur]]], a  length of 63½ miles(102km). The line opened in from [[Bowringpet| to [[Kolar]] in 1915 and to [[Chik-Ballapur]] in 1916 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n242/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 233 (pdf 242)]; Retrieved 14 Oct 2020</ref>.
* [[Bowringpet| Bowringpet (''later named Bangarapet'')]] was a connection to the metre  gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) ‘[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]’(M&SMR).
*[[Chik-Ballapur|Chik-Ballapur (''later named Chikkaballapura'')]]] was a connection to the  NG ‘[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]]’


==Later Development==
The first section from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Kolar]] was originally named  the '''[[Bowringpet-Kolar Railway]]''', 10½ miles(17km), when it opened in Dec 1913, constructed by the Mysore Durbar and worked by the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’. It was financed entirely by the [[Kolar and Mysore District Board|District Board of Kolar]] from the proceeds of a debenture loan <ref name=Admin/>.
Meanwhile the Mysore Durbar were financing and constructing further 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge extensions:-  
 
*[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway|Bangalore - Chik-Ballapur Light Railway later known as the Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway - ''see separate page'']]
As the District Board were unable to raise the entire capital for the whole of the line from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Chik-Ballapur]], the cost was bourne in equal proportions both by the [[Kolar and Mysore District Board]].The 52 mile(84km) extension from [[Kolar]] via Chistamani to [[Chik-Ballapur]] opened in 1916, giving a total line of 63½ miles(101km) and became the '''Kolar District Railway''' worked by the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’.<ref name=Admin/>.
and the  
 
*[[Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway|Yelahanka-Bowringpet Railway, later known as Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway - ''see separate page'']]
==Other  Developments==
Simultaneous to the above the Mysore Durbar was financing and constructing a further 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])  extension:-  
*[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway| ‘Bangalore - Chik-Ballapur Light Railway’ later known as the ‘Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway’ - ''see separate page'']] , NG, 38 miles(61km) connected to the ‘Kolar District Railway’ at [[Chik-Ballapur]]  and thus by 1918 connected fully through to [[Bangalore]].
 
Much later (after 1937) the [[Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway| ‘Yelahanka-Bowringpet Section’]] was created by these two joining NG lines except for the with the first 10 mile(16km) section from Bangalore to Yelahaka.Thus forming the [[Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway|‘ Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway’ - ''see separate page'']]


== References ==
== References ==
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