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The '''Bangalore Hindupur Railway''' is mentioned in the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) stated below. | 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) . | ||
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>. | |||
'' | 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]]. | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[Mysore State Railway]]''' and '''[[ Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' up to 1907 | |||
<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
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 90 (pdf99); Retrieved 11 Feb 2017
- ↑ 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