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|presidency= [[Madras]]
|stations= [[Bowringpet]], [[Kolar]], [[Chikballapur]]
|system1date= 1916
|system1details= Worked by [[Mysore State Railway]]
The '''Bowringpet-Chikballapur Railway''' was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway built and worked by the [[Mysore State Railway]].
The line, known as the '''Kolar District Railway''' connecting [[Bowringpet]] (a station on the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]) with [[Chikballapur]] (the terminus of the [[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]])
The line was built by the [[Mysore State Railway]], from funds provided by the [[Kolar and Mysore District Board|Kolar District Board]]. The section from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Kolar]] opened in 1913 and reached [[Chikballapur]] in 1916
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 12]; Retrieved 27 Dec 2015</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Narrow Gauge (NG) Railways]]
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
