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| {{Line Railways Infobox
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| |route= [[Bowringpet]] to [[Chikballapur]]
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| |gauge1= 2' 6" NG
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| |gauge1details= 63 miles (1916)
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| |timeline1date= 1916
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| |timeline1details= Opened to traffic
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| |presidency= [[Madras]]
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| |stations= [[Bowringpet]], [[Kolar]], [[Chikballapur]]
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| |system1date= 1916
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| |system1details= Worked by [[Mysore State Railway]]
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| The '''Bowringpet-Chikballapur Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway built and worked by the [[Mysore State Railway]].
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| The line, known as the '''Kolar District Railway''' connecting [[Bowringpet]] (a station on the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]) with [[Chikballapur]] (the terminus of the [[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]])
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| The line was built by the [[Mysore State Railway]], from funds provided by the [[Kolar and Mysore District Board|Kolar District Board]]. The section from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Kolar]] opened in 1913 and reached [[Chikballapur]] in 1916
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| <ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 12]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
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| == References ==
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| [[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
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| [[Category:Railways]] | | [[Category:Railways]] |
| [[Category:District Railway Boards]] | | [[Category:District Railway Boards]] |