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The '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' was a metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line in the Indian [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]], it was worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR) which became [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR). <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#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 ]] successfully sought the reversion of the [[Mysore-Bangalore Railway| ‘Mysore -Bangalore Section’ ]] and two branch lines, the '''Birur-Shimoga Railway''' and the ‘[[Mysore-Nanjangud Railway]]’ became the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’(MSR) <ref> British Library IOR L/F/8/20/1704‘Contract with the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Co.Ltd as to the transfer of Mysore-Nanjangud , Birur-Shimoga and Mysore-Bangalore Railways sections of the Mysore Railway to the Mysore Durbar. Dated 24 Oct 1924 effective 1 Oct 1919</ref> 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 [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ 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]] ==Further Information==For details and map of this railway and tramways in this region see '''[[Tramways in Mysore State]]''' == References ==<references />