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'''Morappur-Dharmapuri-Hosur Railway'''

Constructed 1906 by [[Madras Railway]] as a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) famine protection line from [[Morappur]] to [[Dharmapuri]]; extended to [[Hosur]] 1913 and renamed '''Morappur-Hosur Railway'''. The line is the property of the Government of India([[Government of India |GoI]]).
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n158/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 150]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref>

The Morappur-Dharmapuri section was worked on behalf of GoI by the former [[Madras Railway]] Company up to 31st December 1907. Then made over to the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) Company for maintenenance and working.<ref name=name/>

The Dharmapuri-Hosur section was constructed by the SIR who were responsible for maintenenance and working.<ref name=name/>

==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/16/1147'''  “Madras Railway Company, Contract for construction and working of famine protection lines from Morappur to Dharmapuri and from Tripatur to Krishnagiri; 1904" 
*'''L/F/8/17/1232'''  “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to construction and working of extension to Hosur of the Morappur-Dharmapuri narrow gauge line; 1909" 

==Further Information==
See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] '''
<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#Lines_worked_by_SIR_at_some_time|South Indian Railway - Lines Owned and Worked]] '''from 1908 onward
<br>and '''[[Madras_Railway_–_Lines_owned_and_worked#NG_Railways_worked_by_Madras_Railway|Madras Railway Lines Worked]] ''' up to 1907

== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]