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The '''Kolar Gold Fields Railway''' opened in 1894 and constructed by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Mysore State]] Durbar to provide facilities for the gold-fields. The line was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) 10miles (16km) long branch joining the [[Kolar Gold Fields]] to [[Bowringpet]], where it connected with the [[Madras]]-[[Bangalore]] main line.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n92/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 84]; Retrieved 8 Feb 2016</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=2iFRgQXTbeAC&pg=PR10&lpg=PR10&dq=Kolar+Gold+Fields+-+Down+Memory+Lane:+Paeans+to+Lost+Glory!&source=bl&ots=PkuMLfPfK5&sig=OiY14urc4t7DNHNoDJgbQJby1II&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj_yvKh1u3LAhXK0hoKHRMTBhoQ6AEIKTAB#v=onepage&q=Kolar%20Gold%20Fields%20-%20Down%20Memory%20Lane%3A%20Paeans%20to%20Lost%20Glory!&f=false Google Books “Kolar Gold Fields - Down Memory Lane: Paeans to Lost Glory!” by Bridget White, 2010; pages 18-19]; Retrieved 1 Apr 2016</ref>
The line was worked by [[Madras Railway]](MR); which became the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR) in 1908.
==Records==
An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 1 Apr 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*R/2/Box4/35 File 479B 1888 Mysore Govt. cede jurisdiction over the Bangalore - Hindupur & the Bangalore - Harihar railway lines. Question of jurisdiction over the Kolar Gold Fields Railway”; 1893-94
*L/F/7/1521; Collection 266/9: Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway: Kolar Gold FieldsRailway, continuance of working by the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway after 31 Dec 1937.; 1938-9
''These records have not been examined and may provide further information to add to the above.''
==Further Information==
See '''[[Madras Railway]]''' up to 1908, then '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''
== References ==
