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| − | The '''Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway''' | + | The '''Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway''' , previoiusly named the '''Yelahaka-Bowringpet Section''' is the description of a section of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway owned by the Durbar for [[Kolar and Mysore District Board]] and operated by ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’(MSR) <ref name=name>[http://www.irfca.org/articles/isrs/isrs082004-steam-history.html "Steam in History (India)"/ Yelahaka-Bangarpet Line by R R Bhandari. Reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club'']; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref> |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| − | The | + | The ‘[[Kolar District Railway]]’, a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line from [[Bowringpet|Bowringpet (''later named Bangarapet'')]] to [[Chik-Ballapur|Chik-Ballapur (''later named Chikkaballapura'')]], a length of 64 miles(102km) . The line opened from 1913 and completed by 1916. |
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| − | The | + | The ‘[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]] , 38 miles(61km), [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] connected to the ‘Kolar District Railway’ at [[Chik-Ballapur]] , the line fully opened by 1918 |
| − | The section from Yelahaka to Bangalore was subsequently dismantled.<ref name=name/> | + | Thus by 1918 [[Bowringpet]] was connected fully by [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] railways through to [[Bangalore]], a total of 102 miles(164km). |
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| + | The section from Yelahaka to Bangalore was subsequently dismantled.<ref name=name/> leaving the line with the description '''Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway''', worked as part of the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’(MSR). | ||
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| + | The date of this part closure has not been determined, it was certainly after 1937 <ref name=Hist>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 250, pdf 293 ]; Retrieved 14 Oct 2020</ref> where is was noted that this section had been converted to mixed gauge 2ft 6 in [[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]] and metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) with running rights given to the ‘[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]’(M&SMR). It can be assumed this section, once closed was operating on [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]] by the M&SMR. | ||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
See '''[[Mysore State Railway]]''' | See '''[[Mysore State Railway]]''' | ||
| + | <br>and ''' [[Kolar District Railway]] ''' | ||
| + | <br>and '''[[Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Latest revision as of 16:44, 14 October 2020
The Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway , previoiusly named the Yelahaka-Bowringpet Section is the description of a section of 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) railway owned by the Durbar for Kolar and Mysore District Board and operated by ‘Mysore State Railway’(MSR) [1]
History
The ‘Kolar District Railway’, a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line from Bowringpet (later named Bangarapet) to Chik-Ballapur (later named Chikkaballapura), a length of 64 miles(102km) . The line opened from 1913 and completed by 1916.
The ‘Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway , 38 miles(61km), NG connected to the ‘Kolar District Railway’ at Chik-Ballapur , the line fully opened by 1918
Thus by 1918 Bowringpet was connected fully by NG railways through to Bangalore, a total of 102 miles(164km).
The section from Yelahaka to Bangalore was subsequently dismantled.[1] leaving the line with the description Yelahaka-Bangarpet Railway, worked as part of the ‘Mysore State Railway’(MSR).
The date of this part closure has not been determined, it was certainly after 1937 [2] where is was noted that this section had been converted to mixed gauge 2ft 6 in NG and metre gauge(MG) with running rights given to the ‘Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway’(M&SMR). It can be assumed this section, once closed was operating on MG by the M&SMR.
Further Information
See Mysore State Railway
and Kolar District Railway
and Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Steam in History (India)"/ Yelahaka-Bangarpet Line by R R Bhandari. Reproduced by IRFCA Indian Railways Fan Club; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016
- ↑ US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ page 250, pdf 293 ; Retrieved 14 Oct 2020
