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For most of its beingThe name, the '''Mysore State Railway''' (MSR), originally referred to the metre gauge line which connected the State capital, [[Mysore]], to [[Bangalore]]. Later, MSR, or '''Mysore Railway ''' as it is was sometimes knownin this context, consisted was the name applied to a network of disjointed metre gauge branch linesowned by the Mysore Durbar.
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|timeline2date= 1887|timeline2details=Leased to [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]|timeline3date= 1919|timeline3details=[[Mysore]]-[[Bangalore]] section reverted to State|timeline4date= 1938|timeline4details= [[Bangalore]]-[[Harihar]] section reverted to State
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|presidency= [[Madras]]
|stations= [[Bangalore]], [[Birur]], [[Harihar]], [[Kadur]], [[Maddur]], [[Mysore]], [[Seringapatam]], [[Tumkur]]|system1date=1882|system1details= Worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]|system2date=1938|system2details= Reverted to [[Mysore State Railway]] control
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|timeline1date= 1887|timeline1details=First system leased to [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]|timeline2date= 1912|timeline2details=System re-formed by State|timeline3date= 1919|timeline3details=Reversion of some lines|timeline4date= 1938|timeline4details= Lease terminated and lines revert to full State control
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|company1=1919 & 1938|company1details= [[Mysore State Railway]]|company2=
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|headquarters= [[Mysore]]
|workshop= [[Bangalore]]
|stations= [[Arsikere]], [[Birur]], [[Chamrajnagar]], [[Chitaaldroog]], [[Harihar]], [[Hassan]], [[Hindupur]], [[Kadur]], [[Maddur]], [[Nanjangud]], [[Seringapatam]], [[Shimoga]], [[Tumkur]]|system1date= 1887|system1details= Leased to [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]|system2date= 19121950|system2details= System reformed by StateNationalised|system3date= 19501951|system3details= NationalisedSouthern Railway (IR zone)
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|gauge2= Metre gauge|gauge2details= 600 miles (1940)|gauge3= 2' 6" NG|gauge3details= 102 miles (1940)|gauge4= 2' 0"|gauge4details= 36 miles (1940)
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In 1907, the SMR transformed itself into the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] (MSMR), with the lease following. At this time, the Railway Department of the State of Mysore was defunct.
From 1912, the State of Mysore again became actively involved in the promotion and construction of railway lines within its boundaries, and, between 1916 and 1918, opened 232 miles of railway to traffic. In 1919, the State succesfully sought the reversion of the [[Mysore]] to [[BanagloreBangalore]] section and two branch lines, the [[Birur-Shimoga Railway|Birur-Shimoga]] and the [[Mysore-Nanjangud Railway|Mysore-Nanjangud Railways]]. Further construction, chiefly between 1921 and 1934, added 105 miles of new track.
From 1 January 1938, the lines leased to MSMR reverted to the control of the State of Mysore, creating a homogenous railway of just under 750 740 miles. In 1950, MSR was nationalised and in 1951 became part of Southern Railway, one of the then newly formed zones of Indian Railways.
