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The '''Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line owned by the Durbar [[Kolar and Mysore District Board]] and operated by [[Mysore State Railway]](MSR.)
The '''Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway''' , previoiusly named the '''Yelahaka-Bowringpet  Section''' is the description of a section of  2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway owned by the Durbar for [[Kolar and Mysore District Board]] and operated by [[Mysore State Railway]](MSR) <ref name=name>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/isrs082004-steam-history.html "Steam in History (India)"/ Yelahaka-Bangarpet Line by R R Bhandari. Reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club'']; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>


==History==
==History==
The ‘[[Kolar District Railway]]’,  a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from [[Bowringpet|Bowringpet (''later named Bangarapet'')]] to [[Chik-Ballapur|Chik-Ballapur (''later named Chikkaballapura'')]], a length of 64 miles(102km) . The line opened from 1913 and completed by 1916.


The section from [[Bangarpet]] to [[Chintamani]] to [[Chickballapur]] was opened  in 1916; this line linked in [[Bangarpet]] to the [[Kolar Gold Fields Railway]](17km) that the Mysore Durbar had opened in 1894+. The total length of the line was then 102km.
The [[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]] , 38 miles(61km), [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] connected to the ‘Kolar District Railway’ at [[Chik-Ballapur]] , the line fully opened by 1918
<ref name=name>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/isrs082004-steam-history.html] IRFCA Steam in History (India)/ Yelahaka-Bangarpet Line by R R Bhandari </ref>


The line was further extended in 1918 from Chickballapur to Yellankea and on to Bangalore (62km).<ref name=name/>
Thus by 1918 [[Bowringpet]] was connected fully by [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]  railways through to [[Bangalore]], a total of  102 miles(164km).


The section from  Yellankea to Bangalore was subsequently dismantled.<ref name=name/>
The section from  Yelahaka to Bangalore was subsequently dismantled.<ref name=name/> leaving the line with the description '''Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway''', worked as part of the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’(MSR).
 
The date of this part closure has not been determined, it was certainly after 1937 <ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page  250, pdf 293  ]; Retrieved  14 Oct 2020</ref> where is was noted that this section had been converted to mixed gauge 2ft 6 in [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] and metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) with running rights given to the ‘[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]’(M&SMR).  It can be assumed this section, once closed was operating on [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] by the M&SMR.
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Mysore State Railway]]'''
<br>and ''' [[Kolar District Railway]] '''
<br>and '''[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]]


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:District Railway Boards]]
[[Category:District Railway Boards]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]

Latest revision as of 16:44, 14 October 2020

The Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway , previoiusly named the Yelahaka-Bowringpet Section is the description of a section of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway owned by the Durbar for Kolar and Mysore District Board and operated by ‘Mysore State Railway’(MSR) [1]

History

The ‘Kolar District Railway’, a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line from Bowringpet (later named Bangarapet) to Chik-Ballapur (later named Chikkaballapura), a length of 64 miles(102km) . The line opened from 1913 and completed by 1916.

The ‘Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway , 38 miles(61km), NG connected to the ‘Kolar District Railway’ at Chik-Ballapur , the line fully opened by 1918

Thus by 1918 Bowringpet was connected fully by NG railways through to Bangalore, a total of 102 miles(164km).

The section from Yelahaka to Bangalore was subsequently dismantled.[1] leaving the line with the description Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway, worked as part of the ‘Mysore State Railway’(MSR).

The date of this part closure has not been determined, it was certainly after 1937 [2] where is was noted that this section had been converted to mixed gauge 2ft 6 in NG and metre gauge(MG) with running rights given to the ‘Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway’(M&SMR). It can be assumed this section, once closed was operating on MG by the M&SMR.

Further Information

See Mysore State Railway
and Kolar District Railway
and Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway

References