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Fully checked; 1918 Admin Report link changed; "Further Information" added with link
The '''Kolar Gold Fields Railway''' opened in 1894 and constructed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] Durbar to provide facilities for the gold-fields. The line was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) 10miles (16km) long branch joining the [[Kolar Gold Fields]] to [[Bowringpet]], where it connected with the [[Madras]]-[[Bangalore]] main line.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n92/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 84]; Retrieved 18 Dec 20158 Feb 2016</ref>
The line was worked by [[Madras Railway]](MR); which became the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1908. ==Further Information==See '''[[Madras Railway]]'''
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