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The '''Mysore-Arsikere Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line built to provide a more direct route towards [[Poona]] from [[Mysore]] rather than via [[Bangalore]]. The line was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] Durbar and worked as part of the [[Mysore State Railway]]. | The '''Mysore-Arsikere Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line built to provide a more direct route towards [[Poona]] from [[Mysore]] rather than via [[Bangalore]]. The line was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] Durbar and worked as part of the [[Mysore State Railway]]. | ||
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n203/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref> | <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n203/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 195]; Retrieved 9 Feb 2016</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Records== | ||
| + | An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2016</ref> | ||
| + | gives the following:- | ||
| + | * L/PS/11/99, P 4189/1915; “P 4189/1915 Jurisdiction over the Mysore-Hassan-Arsikere railway”; 21 Aug 1914-23 Nov 1915 | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 11:02, 10 April 2016
| Mysore-Arsikere Railway | ||
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| Line of route | ||
| Mysore to Arsikere | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 102 miles (1918) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1918 | Opened to traffic | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Madras | |
| Stations | Arsikere, Hassan, Mysore | |
| System agency | ||
| 1918 | Worked by Mysore State Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Mysore-Arsikere Railway was a metre gauge(MG) line built to provide a more direct route towards Poona from Mysore rather than via Bangalore. The line was owned by the Princely Mysore State Durbar and worked as part of the Mysore State Railway. [1]
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives the following:-
- L/PS/11/99, P 4189/1915; “P 4189/1915 Jurisdiction over the Mysore-Hassan-Arsikere railway”; 21 Aug 1914-23 Nov 1915
