Mysore-Arsikere Railway
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| Mysore-Arsikere Railway | ||
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| Line of route | ||
| Mysore to Arsikere | ||
| Gauge / mileage | ||
| Metre gauge | 102 miles (1918) | |
| Timeline | ||
| 1918 | Opened to traffic | |
| Key locations | ||
| Presidency | Madras | |
| Stations | Arsikere, Hassan, Mysore | |
| System agency | ||
| 1918 | Worked by Mysore State Railway | |
| How to interpret this infobox | ||
The Mysore-Arsikere Railway was a metre gauge(MG) line built to provide a more direct route towards Poona from Mysore rather than via Bangalore. The line was owned by the Princely Mysore State Durbar and worked as part of the Mysore State Railway. [1]
Records
An on-line search of the India Office Records (IOR) records held at the British Library relating to this railway [2] gives the following:-
- L/PS/11/99, P 4189/1915; “P 4189/1915 Jurisdiction over the Mysore-Hassan-Arsikere railway”; 21 Aug 1914-23 Nov 1915