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The '''Tadasa-Hebbe Tramway''' , owned and worked by [[Mysore State Railway]], was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line. It was sanctioned for construction in August 1917 with a recorded length of 10 9½ miles (16km15km) <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n258/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 250]; Retrieved 28 Aug 2016</ref>; and commissioned on February 5, 1921 and , which was operated until 1949 <ref name=deccan>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/236916/will-railway-line-n-r.html Deccan Herald “Will railway line to N R Pura be realised?” 24 Mar 2012]; Retrieved 28 Aug 2016</ref> as the line was in the path of the ‘Lakkavali Reservoir and Irrigation Project on the Bhadra River’<ref name =darvill>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compliled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry KA90 page ....</ref>.

==RemarksRemark==''The function of tramway was commissioned by the Mysore State Forest Department and the records state it to be a forest tramway has not been identified.'' Tadessa was a station on the [[Tarikere-Narasimharajapura Tramway]] and it is assumed that these two lines were worked together <ref name =darvill/>.

*Tadasa is a small township 5 miles5miles(8km) north of [[Bhadravati]] and Hebbe is a remote area in the hills 12 miles(19km) south; these distances do not add up to the 10 9½ miles(16km15km) given in the 1918 Administation Administration Report)<ref name=Admin/>.

*Hebbe is in the vicinity of Kemmanagundi, in the Baba Budangiri hills, the location of the rich iron ore deposits <ref name=Wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvesvaraya_Iron_and_Steel_Plant Wikipedia “Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant” ]; Retrieved 28 Aug 2016</ref> and is the terminus of the Tadasa-Hebbe Tramway.

*The [[Mysore Iron Works Light Railway|Mysore Iron Works]] at [[Bhadravati]] was planned in 1915-16 and commenced operations in 1921 using the iron ore from the region of Hebbe / Kemmanagundi.

''It seems most likely the Tadasa-Hebbe Tramway was constructed also used to carry the iron ore to the Iron Works.''

==Associated Tramway==The Tadasa-Hebbe Tramway worked in conjunuction with the [[Tarikere-Narasimharajapura Tramway]] , a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line]], also owned and worked by [[Mysore State Railway]]; opened in May 1917 <ref name=Admin/>; still operating in 1948 but closed shortly after <ref name=deccan/> .