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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 Indian State of Mysore, 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 beacame Mysore State Railway.