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|presidency= [[Madras]], [[Bombay]]
|stations= [[Bagalkot]], [[Belgaum]], [[Bellary]], [[Bezwada]], [[Bijapur]], [[Castle Rock]], [[Cumbum]], [[Gadag]], [[Guntakal]], [[Guntur]], [[Harihar]], [[Hospet]], [[Hotgi]], [[Londa]], [[Miraj]], [[Nandyal]], [[Poona]], [[Rayadrug]], [[Tadepalli]]
|system1date= 1882
|system1details= Worked by [[Southern Mahratta Railway]]
The SMR was founded in 1882 to construct a metre gauge 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]] lineat [[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 merged with the [[Madras Railway]] to form the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]].
