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→Original Mysore State Lines: 'Yesvantpur Dod-Ballapur Railway' info added
* ‘[[Mysore-Bangalore Railway]]’, 86 miles(138km) MG from [[Mysore]] to [[Bangalore]] via Chanapatna, constructed by Mysore State, opened 1881-82 <ref name=Adminp92>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n100/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 92 (pdf100) ]; Retrieved 13 Feb 2018</ref>. Worked by Mysore State until 1887, SMR 1887-1907, then M&SMR as part of the M&MSR ‘Mysore Section’ until 1919, then reverted to MSR.
* ‘[[Bangalore Harihar Railway]]’, 210 miles(336km) MG from [[Bangalore]] to [[Harihar]] via [[Yesvantpur|Yesvantpur Junction]], constructed by Mysore State, opened in stages from 1884-89 <ref name=Adminp92/>. Worked by Mysore State until 1887, SMR 1887-1907, then M&SMR as part of the M&MSR ‘Mysore Section’ until 1938 when it reverted to MSR.
* ‘[[Yesvantpur-Hindupur Railway]], 58½ miles(94km). ‘[[Yesvantpur|Yesvantpur Junction]] to Mysore Frontier’, 51¼ miles fully opened 1893-94 by 1894 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n98/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 90 (pdf98) ]; Retrieved 13 Feb 2018</ref>; . The first 20 miles(32km) from [[Yesvantpur]] to [[Dod-Ballapur]] opened in 1892 and known as the '[[Yesvantpur Dod-Ballapur Railway]]'. The section ‘Mysore Frontier to [[Hindupur]]’, 7¼ miles opened 1893 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n94/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 86 (pdf94)]; Retrieved 13 Feb 2018</ref>
* ‘[[Mysore-Nanjangud Railway]]’, 16 miles(26km) MG from [[Mysore]] to [[Nanjangud]], a branch line, constructed by Mysore State , opened 1891 <ref name=Adminp92/>. Worked by SMR until 1907; then M&SMR until 1919; then reverted to MSR.
* ‘[[Birur-Shimoga Railway]]’, 38 miles(61km) MG from [[Birur]] to [[Shimoga]], a branch line, constructed by Mysore State, opened 1899 <ref name=Adminp88>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n96/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 88 (pdf96) ]; Retrieved 13 Feb 2018</ref>. Worked by SMR until 1907; then M&SMR until 1919; then reverted to MSR.
