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The '''Sangli State Railway''' opened in 1907 as a short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) 5 mile(8km) which opened in 1907. The Sangli Durbar funded the construction and the line was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Sangli State]]. The line was maintained and worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR); which became [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&MSR) in 1908.
<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n101/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 93]; Retrieved 21 Dec 201512 Feb 2016</ref>
The line linked from Miraj Junction on the SMR network to [[Sangli]] which, with the opening of the railway, became an important trading centre.
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=riBJH0J1FR0C&pg=PA736&lpg=PA736&dq=Sangli+State+Railway&source=bl&ots=8nuJ6DyDKl&sig=xY5RGalLgeBCHBokQgXU1LntVSc&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CFEQ6AEwCzgKahUKEwjl89n_yZfIAhVCTBoKHTDcBoo#v=onepage&q=Sangli%20State%20Railway&f=false] Google Books - "Indian States: A Biographical, Historical, and Administrative Survey"; by Somerset Playne, R. V. Solomon, J. W. Bond, Arnold Wright; page 730]; Retrieved 12 Feb 2016</ref> ==Further Information==See '''[[Southern Mahratta Railway]]''' until 1908, then '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''
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