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<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA546&lpg=PA546&dq=Bangalore+Harihar+Railway&source=bl&ots=eoKE12owR5&sig=MbPq4iwigkvPzjvei8V9yFNdhRw&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBTgoahUKEwigyYWWz_nIAhXKPRQKHSkaDyY#v=onepage&q=Bangalore%20Harihar%20Railway&f=false Google Books - "India and Indian Office List, 1905 - Record of Services" page 546];Retrieved 16 Apr 2016</ref> | <ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=3VQTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA546&lpg=PA546&dq=Bangalore+Harihar+Railway&source=bl&ots=eoKE12owR5&sig=MbPq4iwigkvPzjvei8V9yFNdhRw&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBTgoahUKEwigyYWWz_nIAhXKPRQKHSkaDyY#v=onepage&q=Bangalore%20Harihar%20Railway&f=false Google Books - "India and Indian Office List, 1905 - Record of Services" page 546];Retrieved 16 Apr 2016</ref> | ||
The railway was opened | The 273 mile(440km) broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) railway was built and operated by | ||
the [[Madras Railway|Madras Railway Company]]. The ‘Madras-Bezwada Railway Section’ was constructed from 1893 and fully opened by 1899 linking [[Madras]] to [[Bezwada]] via [[Gudur]] and [[Nellore]]. The ‘Gudur - Nellore Section’ had first been constructed as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line by the South Indian Railway(SIR) which had opened in 1888 and converted by the [[Madras Railway]] into BG line in 1899. | |||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n90/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 82 (pdf 90) ]; Retrieved 24 Dec 2017</ref>. | |||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
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==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
See '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' | See '''[[Madras Railway]] up to 1907 and then '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' | ||
[[Category:Railways]] | [[Category:Railways]] | ||
[[Category:State Railways]] | [[Category:State Railways]] | ||