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The '''Sangli State Railway''' opened in 1907 as a short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) 5 mile(8km) which opened in 1907. The Sangli Durbar funded the construction. The line was maintained and worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR); which became [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&MSR) in 1908. | The '''Sangli State Railway''' opened in 1907 as a short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) 5 mile(8km) which opened in 1907. The Sangli Durbar funded the construction and the line was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Sangli State]]. The line was maintained and worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR); which became [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&MSR) in 1908. | ||
<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 93]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref> | <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 93]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
Revision as of 06:02, 6 January 2016
The Sangli State Railway opened in 1907 as a short metre gauge(MG) 5 mile(8km) which opened in 1907. The Sangli Durbar funded the construction and the line was owned by the Princely Sangli State. The line was maintained and worked by Southern Mahratta Railway(SMR); which became Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&MSR) in 1908. [1]
The line linked from Miraj Junction on the SMR network to Sangli which, with the opening of the railway, became an important trading centre. [2]
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 93; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015
- ↑ [1] Google Books - Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey; by Somerset Playne, R. V. Solomon, J. W. Bond, Arnold Wright