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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Railway line in India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}<br />
{{Infobox rail line<br />
| box_width = 28em<br />
| name = Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line<br />
| logo = <br />
| logo_width = <br />
| image = Nanjangud Oldest Bridge.jpg<br />
| image_width = 300px<br />
| caption = Oldest rail bridge in India at Nanjangud<br />
| type = <br />
| system = <br />
| status = Operational<br />
| locale = [[Karnataka]]<br />
| start = {{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}} '''(MYS)'''<br />
| end = {{stnlnk|Chamarajanagar}} '''(CMNR)'''<br />
| stations = 12<br />
| routes = 1<br />
| daily_ridership = <br />
| website = {{URL|www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in}}<br />
| open = {{start date and age|df=yes|2008|11|12}}<br />
| close = <br />
| owner = [[Indian Railways]]<br />
| operator = [[South Western Railway zone]]<br />
| character = <br />
| depot = {{abbrlink|Krishnarajapuram|Krishnarajapuram railway station}}<br />
| stock = [[WDM-2]]<br>[[WDM-3A]]<br>[[WDP-4D]]<br>[[WDP-4]]<br>[[WDG-3A]]<br>[[WDG-4]]<br />
| linelength = {{convert|61|km}}<br />
| tracklength = <br />
| tracks = 1<br />
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}}<br />
| old_gauge = {{track gauge|1000mm}}<br />
| load_gauge = {{convert|4725|x|3660|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} (BG)<ref name=gauge>{{cite book|title=Railway Track Engineering|year=2010|publisher=Tata McGraw Hill|location=New Delhi|isbn=978-0-07-068012-8|page=7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6XrJJIxQTEC&q=loading+gauge+india&pg=PA7|author=J S Mundrey|edition=Fourth|access-date=1 January 2014}}</ref><br />
| speed = {{convert|90|km/h|abbr=on}}<br />
| electrification = Yes<br />
| elevation_m = <br />
| elevation_ft = <br />
| elevation = <br />
| routenumber = 84<ref>{{cite web|title=Public Time Table|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-l8jSp_Iw8BeXRNX1RPWFZWWXBwaEJIOHAwWGstVkdydl9Z/view|website=[[South Western Railway zone]]|publisher=[[Indian Railways]]|access-date=14 August 2016|page=258|format=[[PDF]]}}</ref><br />
| map = {{Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line}}<br />
| map_state = collapsed<br />
}}<br />
'''Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line''' is an Indian [[railway line]] from {{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}} to [[Chamarajanagar]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
It was inaugurated on 12 November 2008 when the Nanjangud–Chamarajanagar line was also opened to the public.<br />
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== Construction ==<br />
The project cost {{INRConvert|313|c}}. The gauge conversion work of the {{convert|61|km}} stretch was completed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/nanjangudchamarajanagar-rail-line-inaugurated/article1374377.ece|title=Nanjangud-Chamarajanagar rail line inaugurated|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 November 2014|access-date=14 August 2016|location=[[Chamarajanagar]]}}</ref><br />
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==Stations en route==<br />
*{{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Chamarajapuram}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Ashokapuram}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Kadakola}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Tandavapura}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Sujathapuram}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Nanjangud Town}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Chinnadagudihundi}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Narasambudhi}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Kavalande}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Konanur}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Badanaguppe}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Mariyala Gangavadi}}<br />
*{{stnlnk|Chamarajanagar}}<br />
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==Background==<br />
The only town between Mysore and Chamarajanagar is [[Nanjangud]]. All other railway stations cater to small villages or hamlets. There are six trains running on this route. Five of them are slow moving passenger trains.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/Work-on-new-railway-line-will-begin-this-month/articleshow/29982356.cms|title=Work on new railway line will begin this month|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=7 February 2014|access-date=14 August 2016|location=[[Mysore]]}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Railways in Southern India}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mysore-Chamarajanagar line}}<br />
[[Category:Mysore railway division]]<br />
[[Category:5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Railway lines opened in 2008]]</div>KathrinChick016