Mysore–Bangalore line

{{Short description|Railway line in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}

{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}

{{Infobox rail line

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| name = Mysore–Bangalore line

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| image = Mysore Rly Station Panorama Karnataka Apr22 A7C 01908-10.jpg

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| caption = Mysore Junction

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| status = Operational

| locale = Karnataka

| start = {{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}} (MYS)

| end = {{stnlnk|Bangalore City}} (SBC)

| stations = 24

| routes = 1

| daily_ridership =

| open = {{start date and age|df=yes|1882|2|25}}

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| owner = Indian Railways

| operator = South Western Railway zone

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| depot = {{abbrlink|Krishnarajapuram|Krishnarajapuram railway station}}

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| linelength = {{convert|138.25|km}}

| tracklength =

| tracks = 2

| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm}}

| old_gauge = {{track gauge|1000mm}}

| load_gauge = {{convert|4725|x|3660|mm|ftin|abbr=on}} (BG){{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=4 October 2016}}

| routenumber = 74{{cite web|title=Public Time Table|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-l8jSp_Iw8BeXRNX1RPWFZWWXBwaEJIOHAwWGstVkdydl9Z/view?usp=sharing|website=South Western Railway zone|publisher=Indian Railways|access-date=4 October 2016|format=PDF|date=246}}

| speed = {{convert|110|km/h|abbr=on}}

| electrification = Completed in December 2017

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| website = {{URL|www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in}}

| map = {{Mysore–Bangalore line}}

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Mysore–Bangalore line (officially Mysuru–Bengaluru line) is a fully electrified double line from {{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Bangalore City}}.

Background

The line extends from {{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}} to {{stnlnk|Bangalore City}} falling mostly under Bangalore railway division and a few stretches under Mysore railway division within the limits of South Western Railway zone at {{stnlnk|Bangalore City}}.{{cite web|title=Zones and their Divisions in Indian Railways |url=http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |work=Indian Railways |access-date=4 October 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150319003737/http://www.indianrail.gov.in/ir_zones.pdf |archive-date=19 March 2015 }}{{Cite web|url = http://www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in/ |title = South Western Railway zone|access-date = 4 October 2016 |website = Railway Board|publisher = South Western Railway zone}}

{{cite web|url=https://bangaloretoday.in/mysore-to-bangalore-train-timings/ |title= Mysore to Bangalore Train Service – If you know that from Mysore Railway Junction to Bangalore City Junction there survival more than 27 trains daily, and related to South Western Railway Zone Bangalore Today(Bengaluru) |publisher=Bangalore Today |access-date=22 July 2019}}

Construction

Since the rail network in British India was entirely private affairs. The erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore established Mysore State Railway for improving rail connectivity, right after the commissioning of Madras Royapuram–Bangalore City railway line in 1879.{{cite thesis |last=Saritha |first=S R |date=6 November 2013 |title= Colonialism and modernisation; history and development of southern railway a case study|type= Ph.D.|chapter=2 |institution= University of Kerala|hdl=10603/12705|chapter-url= http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/12705/10/10_chapter%202.pdf|access-date=5 October 2016|pages=64–65|orig-year=Completed 2012}} Though managing Mysore State Railway was an expensive affair, Chamarajendra Wadiyar X decided to lay a new rail from Bangalore to Mysore in 1870, and shelved the project soon.{{cite news|title=A rail link to Mysore's history|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/A-rail-link-to-Mysores-history/articleshow/11946538.cms|access-date=5 October 2016|work=The Times of India|date=19 February 2012|location=Mysore}} Again he dusted the project and initiated the construction in 1877–1878. The {{convert|56|km}} stretch between Bangalore–Channapatna was completed on 1 February 1881, the {{convert|37|km}} Channapatna–Mandya stretch on 20 March 1881 and the final {{convert|45|km}} Mandya–Mysore stretch was completed and the entire stretch thrown open to traffic on 25 February 1882.{{cite book|last1=Shankaragouda Hanamantagouda Patil|first1=S. H. Patil ; foreword by M .M. Kalburgi|title=Community dominance and political modernisation|date=2002|publisher=Mittal Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=9788170998679|page=61|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R84n-Wv1S-8C&q=mysore+state+railway&pg=PA61|access-date=5 October 2016}}{{cite news|last1=R. Krishna|first1=Kumar|title=History unfolds|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-districtplus/history-unfolds/article4658639.ece|access-date=5 October 2016|work=The Hindu|date=27 April 2013}} The line currently has a maximum operating speed of {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=on}}.{{Cite web |title=Indian Railways Map - Railway Enquiry |url=https://indiarailinfo.com/atlas |access-date=2024-03-31 |website=indiarailinfo.com}} Talks are going on to increase the speed from {{convert|100|km/h|abbr=on}} to {{convert|130|km/h|abbr=on}} in order to facilitate semi high speed trains like Vande Bharat express which will reduce the time taken between the 2 cities to less than 100 minutes, but with high amount of gradients and high degree curve the construction of new railway line is a possibility.

The project to convert the Bangalore–Mysore metre gauge to broad gauge is approved in 1979–80.https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/3436/1/lsd_07_02_13-03-1980.pdf Page 96

Development

Sanctioned in 2009–2010, the railways took up the state's demand for doubling as well electrification at an estimated cost of {{INRConvert|505|c}} which was later revised to {{INRConvert|526.31|c}} and finally escalated to {{INRConvert|874.75|c}}. Land acquisition of about {{convert|160|acre}}, especially {{convert|25|acre}} near Mandya alone have been done as part of double line and improving stations between Ramanagaram and {{stnlnk|Mysore Junction}}.{{cite news|last1=Asha|first1=Krishnaswamy|title=Railway double line to Mysuru almost ready|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/483550/railway-double-line-mysuru-almost.html|access-date=5 October 2016|work=Deccan Herald|date=15 June 2015}}

The electrification of the line had been completed and was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 20 February 2018.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/pm-modi-flags-off-new-mysuru-udaipur-train/articleshow/62992142.cms|title=PM Modi flags off new Mysuru-Udaipur train|date=20 February 2018|access-date=21 February 2018|work=Times of India}}

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