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The two ‘Kolar District Board’, financed from the proceeds of a debenture loan, the '''[[Bowringpet-Kolar Railway]]''' from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Kolar]]. A 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) of 10½ miles(17km), which opened in Dec 1913. The line was constructed by the Mysore Durbar <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n242/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 233 (pdf 242)]; Retrieved 15 Nov 2018</ref>.  As the District Board was unable to raise the entire capital for the whole of the line from [[Bowringpet]] to [[Chik-Ballapur]], the cost was bourne in equal proportions both by the Mysore Durbar and the Kolar District Board .The 52 mile(84km) extension from [[Kolar]] via Chistamani to [[Chik-Ballapur]] opened in 1916, giving a total line of 63½ miles(101km)<ref name=Admin/>.This entire line became known as the '''[[Kolar District Railway]]''' The Mysore Durbar and the Kolar District Board were joint owners of the later development of the 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines - '''[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]]''' and the '''[[Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway]]'''. <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n219/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 210]; Retrieved 15 Nov 2018</ref> All these railway lines worked by [[Mysore State Railway]](MSR) ==Place names==*[[Bowringpet| Bowringpet, later named Bangarapet or Bangarpet]]*[[Chik-Ballapur|Chik-Ballapur, later named Chikkaballapura]] ==Further Information==See the separate pages stated above.