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The '''Bangalore Hindupur Railway''' is mentioned in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) stated below. No further information has been found.
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The '''Bangalore Hindupur Railway''' is mentioned in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) stated below. It  was a section of the [[Mysore State Railway]](MSR), a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway worked by the [[ Southern Mahratta Railway]] (SMR)  .  
  
==Records==
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The line was a branch from Yesvantpur , 3 miles (5 km) north-west of [[Bangalore]]) on the [[Bangalore Harihar Railway]] that had opened by MSR in 1884 <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n99/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 90 (pdf99)]; Retrieved 11 Feb 2017</ref>.  
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  1 Apr 2016</ref>
 
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*R/2/Box4/35 File 479B 1888 Mysore Govt. cede jurisdiction over the Bangalore - Hindupur & the Bangalore - Harihar railway lines. Question of jurisdiction over the Kolar Gold Fields Railway”; 1893-94
 
  
''This record has not been examined and may provide further information to add to the above.''
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The 51 mile(82km) section from Yesvantpur to the Mysore Frontier at [[Hindupur]]  had 9 stations and opened in 1893 <ref>British Library IOR/ R/2/Box4/35 File 479B 1888 Mysore Govt. cede jurisdiction over the Bangalore - Hindupur & the Bangalore - Harihar railway lines. Question of jurisdiction over the Kolar Gold Fields Railway”; 1893-94</ref>.  It is also described in some records as the [[Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway]].
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==Further Information==
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See '''[[Mysore State Railway]]''' and '''[[ Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''  up to 1907
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<br>See  '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' from 1907
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Revision as of 10:42, 14 February 2017

The Bangalore Hindupur Railway is mentioned in the India Office Records (IOR) stated below. It was a section of the Mysore State Railway(MSR), a metre gauge(MG) railway worked by the Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) .

The line was a branch from Yesvantpur , 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Bangalore) on the Bangalore Harihar Railway that had opened by MSR in 1884 [1].

The 51 mile(82km) section from Yesvantpur to the Mysore Frontier at Hindupur had 9 stations and opened in 1893 [2]. It is also described in some records as the Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway.

Further Information

See Mysore State Railway and Southern Mahratta Railway up to 1907
See Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway from 1907

References

  1. “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 90 (pdf99); Retrieved 11 Feb 2017
  2. British Library IOR/ R/2/Box4/35 File 479B 1888 Mysore Govt. cede jurisdiction over the Bangalore - Hindupur & the Bangalore - Harihar railway lines. Question of jurisdiction over the Kolar Gold Fields Railway”; 1893-94