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*'Barsi TownThe ‘Statistics of Working’ show the year-Latur Extension'** ‘Barsi Townby-Kuslamb’, 6.34miles, opened 16 May 1905** ‘Kuslambyear financial results from 1913-Tadwala’, 20.36 miles, opened 1 May 1906** ‘Tadwale 14 through to Latur’, 36.87 miles, opened 1 May 1911, of this 35.87 miles on Nizam of Hyderabad territory. On 1936-37 and the 31 March 1910 this extension of the railway was signed into being to Tadwalla and Latur. 62 BSR System rising from 116 miles (100Km) <ref> IOR/L/F/5/117. Document 3</ref>. *'Kurduvadi-Pandharpur Extension' <blockquote>From Kurduvadi(originally named Barsi Road186km) to Pandharpur, 20.56 miles, opened 2 Dec 1906, extended further 1.78 miles , 16 July 1915. The variation order had been approved on 20 August 1895 signed by the Principality of Pandharpur stated they were building a bridge over the Bhima river to take the railway into the town the route to follow route 161 a distance 34 reaching 203 miles(54km) (52.5326km) <ref> IOR/L/F/5/117. Document 2</ref>. Pandharpur was a significant pilgrimage town and the line was an extension of the BLR from Kurduvadi (Barsi Road) where there was a connection with the GIPR mainline.</blockquote> *‘Pandharpur1928-Miraj Extension’ (via Lonard)<blockquote>From Pandharpur to Miraj, 'approximate length 77 miles, to connect to the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR Poona Branch) at Miraj. This line involved bridges over the Phima river at Pandharpur and the Man, south of Sangola', and was first proposed in 1906 29 onwards<ref name=Proj1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/2up “1906 Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 6 (pdf 29) )]; Retrieved 11 Jan 2017</ref>. The finalised route was approved in August 1916 for an extension from Pandaharpur to Lonard and Miraj, a distance of 79 ½ miles (Km 126) <ref> IOR/L/F/5/117. Document 4</ref>. The extension was not constructed and the approval was cancelled in 1932 <ref>IOR/L/F/5/117. Document 6</ref>.<Hist1937/blockquote>
*‘Pandharpur-Bijapur Extension’ (via Athani)== Classification ==<blockquote>From Pandharpur to Bijapur, ‘a length [[Indian Railway Classification]] of about 77 miles, which will form a chord between Poona and Bijapur branches of the South Mahratta Railway’ <ref name=Proj1906/>1926 - Class II railway system.</blockquote>
‘BLR System and Extensions’ was ‘BLR Extensions’ changed with revised detail, Statistics and Classification added
The BSR continued to operate as a narrow-gauge railway until conversion to broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) began in the late 1990s but this was also on a different alignment as now the railway now runs around Barsi to the east and south of the old line. The narrow gauge line is now closed but the remnants are visible all along the route. The new line was completed on 19 October 2008 <ref name=WikiBarsi/>
==BLR System and Extensions==
Information generally based on “Administration Report on Railways 1918” <ref name=Admin/>
* ‘Main Line’
** ‘Kurduvai To Barsi Town’, 22 miles(35km), opened 1897
* ‘Barsi Town-Latur Extension'
** ‘Barsi Town-Kuslamb’, 6.miles(10km), opened 1905
** ‘Kuslamb-Tadwala’, 20 miles(32km), opened 1906
* ‘Kurduvadi-Pandharpur Extension'
** ‘Kurduvadi to near Pandharpur, 31 miles(50km), opened 1905
** ‘Extension to Pandharpur Town, 2 miles(3km), opened 1906
<blockquote>From Kurduvadi (originally named Barsi Road) to Pandharpur, 20.56 miles, opened 2 Dec 1906, extended further 1.78 miles , 16 July 1915. The variation order had been approved on 20 August 1895 signed by the Principality of Pandharpur stated they were building a bridge over the Bhima river to take the railway into the town the route to follow route 161 a distance 34 miles(54km) <ref> IOR/L/F/5/117. Document 2</ref>. Pandharpur was a significant pilgrimage town and the line was an extension of the BLR from Kurduvadi (Barsi Road) where there was a connection with the GIPR mainline.</blockquote>
* ‘Tadwale to Latur Extension’
** ‘Tadwale to Hyderabad Frontier, 1 mile(1.6km), opened 1911
** ‘Hyderabad Frontier to Latur, 36 miles(58km), opened 1911
*‘Pandharpur-Miraj Extension’
** ‘Pandharpur to Miraj, 84. miles(135km), opened 1927<ref name=Hist1937>[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 214, pdf 257 ]; Retrieved 5 Aug 2020</ref>.
<blockquote>From Pandharpur via Lonard to Miraj, 'approximate length 77 miles, to connect to the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR Poona Branch) at Miraj. This line involved bridges over the Phima river at Pandharpur and the Man, south of Sangola, and was first proposed in 1906 <ref name=Proj1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/1up “1906 Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906” page 6 (pdf 29) )]; Retrieved 11 Jan 2017</ref>. The finalised route was approved in August 1916 for an extension from Pandaharpur to Lonard and Miraj, a distance of 79 ½ miles (Km 126) <ref> IOR/L/F/5/117. Document 4</ref></blockquote>
*‘Pandharpur-Bijapur Extension’ (via Athani) - ''proposed but not constructed''
<blockquote> From Pandharpur to Bijapur, ‘a length of about 77 miles, which would form a chord between Poona and Bijapur branches of the South Mahratta Railway’ <ref name=Proj1906/>.</blockquote>
==Technical Innovations==
