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Tarikere-Narasimharajapura Tramway

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The '''Tarikere-Narasimharajapura Tramway''' was a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line, completed in May 1917; owned and worked by the [[Mysore State Railway]]. The line linked [[Tarikere]] to [[Narasimharajapura]], a length of 26 27 miles(41km42km)<ref name=nameAdmin>[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 14 Feb 28 Aug 2016</ref>. The tramway, with a length of 27 miles was reported still operational in 1948 <ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/ng-routes-1948.html IRFCA “Narrow Gauge Routes in 1948”]; Retrieved 28 Aug 2016</ref>.  Narasimharajapura had rail connectivity but had to lose the facility when the Bhadra reservoir project was taken up <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> between 1947 (start of construction) and 1965 (year of commissioning) <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhadra_Dam Wikipedia “Bhadra Dam” ]; Retrieved 28 Aug 2016</ref>.   The '''Tarikere-Narasimharajapura Tramway''' worked in conjunuction with the [[Tadassa-Hebbe Tramway]] , a 2ft/610mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) line]], also owned and worked by [[Mysore State Railway]]; sanctioned for construction in August 1917 <ref name=Admin/>; commissioned on February 5, 1921 and operated until 1949 <ref name=deccan/>.
A branch from [[Tadessa]] to [[Hebbe]] was sanctioned for construction in August 1917; there is no evidence that this line was constructed.<ref name=name/>.
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