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|timeline4date= 1907
|timeline4details= Merged with [[Madras Railway]] <br>to form [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]
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|timeline5details=
|company12details=
|headquarters= [[Dharwar]]
|workshop= [[Dharwar]]/[[Hubli]] <br>''See'' [[M&SMR Railway Workshops]]
|stations= [[Bangalore]], [[Bellary]], [[Gadag]], [[Guntakal]], [[Hotgi]], [[Kolhapur]], [[Marmagao]], [[Mysore]], [[Poona]]
|system1date= 1907
|auxillary forces= [[Southern Mahratta Railway Rifle Corps]]
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[[File: Southern Mahratta Railway Map 1909, north section.png|thumb| Southern Mahratta Railway Map 1909, north section]]
[[File: Southern Mahratta Railway Map 1909, south section.png|thumb| Southern Mahratta Railway Map 1909, south section]]
The '''Southern Mahratta Railway'''(SMR) was also variously called the Southern '''Maratha''' Railway and the Southern '''Maharastra''' Railway.
The '''Southern Mahratta Railway''' (SMR) was founded in 1882 to construct a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway between [[Hotgi]] and [[Gadag]] (opened to traffic in 1884), one of the "famine lines" set up with a guarantee. In the same year (1882), it was contracted by the Indian State of Mysore to work the several metre gauge lines that the Mysore State had built or was in the course of construction.
In 1888, a line was extended from [[Londa]] towards the Portuguese colony of [[Goa]] where it connected with the [[Marmagao]] line at [[Castle Rock]]. (From 1902 this line was leased as the [[West of India Portuguese Railway]].) By 1890, this line extended from Londa eastwards via [[Guntakal]] to [[Bezwada]], and northwards to [[Poona]], turning the SMR from an assortment of branches to a real railway network.
In 1908, the SMR , with a route mileage of 1687 miles(2715km), merged with sections of the ‘[[Madras South Indian Railway]](MR) ’ to form the '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway# M&MSR Metre Gauge Division|'''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway - M&MSR Metre Gauge Division''' - ''see separate page for details'']](M&SMR)
==Railways absorbed into/worked by SMR==
*[[ Birur-Shimoga Railway]]a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG) ]] branch line in the Indian State of Mysore, it was worked opened in 1899, 38 miles(61km). Worked by SMR and from 1908 by M&SMRuntil 1919. See [[Birur-Shimoga Railway]].*[[Bellary-Kistna State Railway]] constructed before 1890; surveyed for Hindpur extension 1892-94; worked by SMR and from 1908 by M&SMR; became M&SMR, 1908*[[Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Railway]] opened c.1893. Worked by SMR, 1893; became and from 1908 by M&SMR, 1908
*[[Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway]] opened 1893. Also known as Hindupur (Yesvantpur)-Mysore Frontier Railway, worked by SMR became M&SMR, 1908
*[[Hospet-Kottur Railway]] opened c.1905. Originally worked by SMR becoming and from 1908 by M&SMR, 1908*[[Kolhapur State Railway]] opened after 1888. Worked by SMR, 1891; became part of and from 1908 by M&SMR, 1908*[[West of India Portuguese Railway]] opened 1886-87. Worked by SMR, 1902; became 1902nd from 1908 by M&SMR, 1908*[[Sangli State Railway]] opened in 1907 as a short 5 mile(8km) link from SMR Miraj Junction to Sangli, Worked by SMR, 1907; became and from 1908 by M&SMR, 1908.
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