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'''Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR)''' was a railway company in [[British India]] founded in 1882. <br />
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== History ==<br />
Captain C.C.Johnson, officiating as constructing engineer of railways in 1858 forwarded the proposal for a railway to be constructed and called it the Southern Mahratta Railway.<ref>{{cite book|title=Origin and Development of Southern Railway|pages=18–19|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/12705/10/10_chapter%202.pdf|accessdate=14 February 2015}}</ref> The Southern Mahratta Railway company was formed on 1 June 1882 with its headquarters at [[Dharwar]]. Southern Mahratta Railway's first line was a [[metre gauge railway|metre gauge line]] of 40.5 mile long from [[Bellary]] to [[Hospet]]. This line was opened for traffic on 24 March 1884. In 1886 the [[Mysore State Railway]]'s management was also taken by the Southern Mahratta Railway company.<ref>{{cite book|title=India's Railway History: A Research Handbook|pages=177–178|isbn=9789004231153|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1e0yAQAAQBAJ&q=southern+mahratta+railway&pg=PA177|accessdate=14 February 2015|last1=Hurd|first1=John I. I.|last2=Kerr|first2=Ian J.|date=3 August 2012}}</ref> In 1888, a line was extended from [[Londa, Karnataka|Londa]] towards [[Portuguese Goa]] where it connected with the [[Marmagao]] line at [[Castle Rock, Karnataka|Castle Rock]].<ref name=sm>{{cite web|title=Southern Mahratta Railway|url=http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php/Southern_Mahratta_Railway|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref> In 1889-90 the Southern Mahratta Railway company constructed the first coast to coast line from Marmagoa to [[Bezwada|Beswada]].<ref name=sm/> The Londa - Castle Rock line was later taken over by [[West of India Portuguese Railway]].<ref name=sm/> SMR was later merged with [[Madras Railway]] to form the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]. The merger took place on 1 January 1908.<br />
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== Conversion to broad gauge ==<br />
The railway lines were converted to {{RailGauge|1676mm|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 1997.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/all-set-for-doubling-of-londahospet-rail-line/article4907266.ece All set for doubling of Londa–Hospet rail line]</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Transport in Vasco da Gama, Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Transport in Hubli-Dharwad]]<br />
[[Category:Metre gauge railways in India]]<br />
[[Category:Defunct railway companies of India]]<br />
[[Category:History of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in Goa]]<br />
[[Category:Rail transport in Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Railway companies established in 1882]]<br />
[[Category:Railway companies disestablished in 1908]]<br />
[[Category:1908 disestablishments in India]]<br />
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