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This metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] and was a portion of the [[Guntakal]] to [[Bangalore]] connection. | This metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] and was a portion of the [[Guntakal]] to [[Bangalore]] connection. | ||
<ref>[https:// | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n98/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 90]; Retrieved 4 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
Also included the '''Yesvantpur-Dodballepur Railway''' section | Also included the '''Yesvantpur-Dodballepur Railway''' section | ||
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| Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway | ||
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| Line of route | ||
| Hindupur to Bangalore | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 51 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1893 | Opened to traffic | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Madras | |
| Stations | Hindupur, Yesvantpur | |
| System agency | ||
| 1893 | Worked by Southern Mahratta Railway | |
| 1907 | Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway
Also known as the Hindupur (Yesvantpur-Mysore Frontier) Railway and the Yesvantpur-Mysore Frontier Railway
This metre gauge(MG) line owned by the Princely Mysore State and was a portion of the Guntakal to Bangalore connection. [1]
Also included the Yesvantpur-Dodballepur Railway section
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the 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
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [2] gives the following: -
- L/F/8/20/1733 “Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company Limited, Indenture supplemental to that dated 2nd December 1899 for working and maintenance of theYesvantpur-Hindupur Railway Government of H.H. the Maharajah of Mysore; 1925”