Southern Mahratta Railway

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Southern Mahratta Railway
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Line of route
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Metre gauge 1042 miles (1905)
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Southern Mahratta Railway
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System timeline
1907 Merged with Madras Railway
Constituent companies / lines
Southern Mahratta Railway
Birur-Shimoga Railway
Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Railway
Hindupur-Yesvantpur Railway
Hospet-Kottur Railway
Kolhapur State Railway
Mysore-Nanjangud Railway
Mysore State Railway
West of India Portuguese Railway
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The Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) was also variously called the Southern Maratha Railway and the Southern Maharastra Railway.


History

The SMR was founded in 1882 as a metre gauge railway between Hotgi and Gadag, one of the "famine lines" set up with a guarantee. In 1883, the line was extended to the Portuguese colony of Goa where it connected with the Marmagao line. From 1903 this line was leased as the West of India Portuguese Railway. In 1908, the SMR merged with the Madras Railway to form the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.


Records

Unfortunately, there are no SMR Staff agreements held at the British Library in the India Office Records.


External links

Frederick Dibblee, MICE, briefly Superintending Engineer, SMR (1882).