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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/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n96/mode/2up " 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>
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).
