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The '''Shimogar-Talaguppa Railway''' was completed in 1940 as an extension to the [[Birur-Shimoga Railway]] metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line owned and operated by the [[Mysore State Railway]](MSR).
The [[Birur-Shimoga Railway]] had been taken back into MSR management and operation from 1919 onwards (previously by the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]) and there was motivation to expand the network within Mysore State. An extension to [[Talguppa]] would give access to the forest areas and also to Jog Falls.
Construction commenced from [[Shimoga]] in 1930 and the [[Shimoga-Anandapuram Railway]] line had reached [[Anandapuram]] in 1934 and [[Anandapuram-Sagara Railway|Sagara]] in 1938. Reaching [[Talguppe]] in 1939 it enabled access to the Jog Falls and to transport wooden logs from the the forests of the Malnad region to make wooden sleepers <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga%E2%80%93Talaguppa_railway Wikipedia “Shimoga-Talguppa Railway”]; Retrieved 30 Aug 2016</ref>
In 1939, the opening of the '''Shimoga-Talguppa Railway''' enabled wood from the Malnad forests to be transported to the [[Mysore Iron Works Light Railway|Mysore Iron and Steel works]] at [[Bhadravathi]] to be used as a furnace fuel in its Works <ref name=Wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvesvaraya_Iron_and_Steel_Plant Wikipedia “Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant”]; Retrieved 30 Aug 2016</ref>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Birur-Shimoga Railway]]''' and '''[[Mysore State Railway]]'''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
The [[Birur-Shimoga Railway]] had been taken back into MSR management and operation from 1919 onwards (previously by the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]) and there was motivation to expand the network within Mysore State. An extension to [[Talguppa]] would give access to the forest areas and also to Jog Falls.
Construction commenced from [[Shimoga]] in 1930 and the [[Shimoga-Anandapuram Railway]] line had reached [[Anandapuram]] in 1934 and [[Anandapuram-Sagara Railway|Sagara]] in 1938. Reaching [[Talguppe]] in 1939 it enabled access to the Jog Falls and to transport wooden logs from the the forests of the Malnad region to make wooden sleepers <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimoga%E2%80%93Talaguppa_railway Wikipedia “Shimoga-Talguppa Railway”]; Retrieved 30 Aug 2016</ref>
In 1939, the opening of the '''Shimoga-Talguppa Railway''' enabled wood from the Malnad forests to be transported to the [[Mysore Iron Works Light Railway|Mysore Iron and Steel works]] at [[Bhadravathi]] to be used as a furnace fuel in its Works <ref name=Wiki>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visvesvaraya_Iron_and_Steel_Plant Wikipedia “Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant”]; Retrieved 30 Aug 2016</ref>
==Further Information==
See '''[[Birur-Shimoga Railway]]''' and '''[[Mysore State Railway]]'''
== References ==
<references />
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Indian States Railways]]
