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An on-line search ==Further Information==For details and map 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 21 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*tramways in this region see ''' L/F/8/20/1704 [[Tramways in Mysore State]]''' “Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company Limited, Contract as to transfer of Mysore-Nanjangud, Birur-Shimoga and Mysore-Bangalore sections of the Mysore Railway to the Mysore Durbar; 1924”
1919 Paragraph added re reversion and ireference moved from ‘Records’
The '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line in the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]], it was worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR) which became [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR).
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n96/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 88]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref>
In 1919, the [[Mysore State succesfully ]] successfully sought the reversion of the [[Mysore to -Bangalore Railway| ‘Mysore -Bangalore section Section’ ]] and two branch lines, the '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' and the ‘[[Mysore-Nanjangud Railway]] becaame ’ became the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’(MSR)<ref> British Library IOR L/F/8/20/1704‘Contract with the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Co.Ltd as to the transfer of Mysore-Nanjangud , Birur-Shimoga and Mysore-Bangalore Railways sections of the Mysore Railway to the Mysore Durbar.Dated 24 Oct 1924 effective 1 Oct 1919</ref>
In 1940 the MSR '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' line was extended to include the [[Sagara-Talaguppe Railway]]
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]]
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