Birur-Shimoga Railway
| Birur-Shimoga Railway | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Line of route | ||
| Birur to Shimoga | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 38 miles (1905) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1899 | Opened to traffic | |
| 1919 | Reverted to Mysore State control | |
| 1934 | Extended to Anandapuram | |
| 1938 | Extended to Sagara | |
| 1940 | Extended to Talaguppe | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Madras | |
| Stations | Birur, Shimoga | |
| System agency | ||
| 1899 | Worked by Southern Mahratta Railway | |
| 1907 | Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway | |
| 1919 | Mysore State Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Birur-Shimoga Railway was a metre gauge(MG) branch line in the Princely Mysore State, it was worked by Southern Mahratta Railway(SMR) which became Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR). [1]
In 1919, the Mysore State succesfully sought the reversion of the Mysore to Bangalore section and two branch lines, the Birur-Shimoga and the Mysore-Nanjangud Railway becaame the Mysore State Railway(MSR).
In 1940 the MSR Birur-Shimoga Railway line was extended to include the Sagara-Talaguppe Railway
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
The following IOR records are reported to be relevant [2] (but not checked)
- L/F/8/1-20 : "Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
- Z/L/F/8/1-2 : "Index to Appointments to State Railways made in the UK 1855-1946"
References
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 88; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015
- ↑ IOR Railway Employment Records; Retrieved 16 Jan 2016