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[[File: Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway Map.png| thumb|Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway]]
The '''Chikballapur-Bangalore City Railway''', also described as the '''Bangalore-Chik Ballapur- Light Railway''', was a 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) railway, operated by the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’(MSR).
This railway was an enterprise by an Indian Company floated for the purpose under a guarantee from the Mysore Durbar . Construction was sanctioned in 1909 but the Company was unable to raise the entire capital and Mysore Durbar became joint owners <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n218/mode/1up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 210]; Retrieved 14 Oct 2020</ref>
The NG railway, 39 miles(62km) from [[Bangalore]] City via Yelanka to [[Chik -allapurBallapur]] opened in stages from 1915 from [[Chik-Ballapur]] where it connected to the NG ‘[[Kolar District Railway]]’ , to Yellanka in 1917 and finally reached Bangalore in 1918<ref name=Admin/>.
Together these two railways were operated by the ‘[[Mysore State Railway]]’ as part of the ‘MSR System’ and provided a NG connection between [[Bangalore]] and [[Bowringpet]].
