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| − | The '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line in the | + | The '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line in the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]], it was worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR) which became [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR). |
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 88]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref> | <ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 88]; Retrieved 17 Dec 2015</ref> | ||
Revision as of 07:00, 6 January 2016
| 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 beacame Mysore State Railway.
