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'''Kolar and Mysore District Board'''  
'''Kolar and Mysore District Board'''  
Joint owners of the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])  [[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]] and the [[Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway]].
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 233]; Retrieved 18 Dec 2015</ref>


Lines worked by Mysore State Railway(MSR)
The ‘Kolar District Board’, financed from the proceeds of a debenture loan, the '''[[Bowringpet-Kolar Railway]]''' from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Kolar]]. A  2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) of 10½ miles(17km), which opened in Dec 1913. The line was constructed by the Mysore Durbar <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>.
 
As the District Board was 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 Mysore Durbar and the Kolar 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)<ref name=Admin/>.This entire line became known as the '''[[Kolar District Railway]]'''
 
The Mysore Durbar and the Kolar District Board  were joint owners of the later development of the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]])  lines -  '''[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]]''' and the '''[[Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway]]'''.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/1up  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 210]; Retrieved 15 Nov 2018</ref>
 
All these railway lines worked by [[Mysore State Railway]](MSR)
 
==Place names==
*[[Bowringpet| Bowringpet, later named Bangarapet or Bangarpet]]
*[[Chik-Ballapur|Chik-Ballapur, later named Chikkaballapura]]
 
==Further Information==
See the separate pages stated above.


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

Latest revision as of 10:26, 17 November 2018

Kolar and Mysore District Board

The ‘Kolar District Board’, financed from the proceeds of a debenture loan, the Bowringpet-Kolar Railway from Bowringpet to Kolar. A 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) of 10½ miles(17km), which opened in Dec 1913. The line was constructed by the Mysore Durbar [1].

As the District Board was 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 Mysore Durbar and the Kolar 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)[1].This entire line became known as the Kolar District Railway

The Mysore Durbar and the Kolar District Board were joint owners of the later development of the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) lines - Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway and the Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway. [2]

All these railway lines worked by Mysore State Railway(MSR)

Place names

Further Information

See the separate pages stated above.

References