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Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line

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Status
  
Operational

Stations
  
12

Owner
  
Indian Railways

Locale
  
Karnataka

Services
  
1

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Termini
  
Mysore Junction (MYS) Chamarajanagar (CMNR)

Website
  
www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in

Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line is a railway line from Mysore Junction to Chamarajanagar.

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History

It was inaugurated on the 12 November 2008 when the Nanjangud–Chamarajanagar line was also opened to public. This made Karnataka on the threshold of becoming a unigauge state.

Construction

The project cost ₹313 crore (US$47 million). The gauge conversion work of the 61 kilometres (38 mi) stretch was completed.

Stations en route

  • Mysore Junction
  • Chamarajapuram railway station
  • Ashokapuram railway station
  • Kadakola railway station
  • Tandavapura railway station
  • Sujathapuram railway station
  • Nanjangud Town railway station
  • Chinnadagudihundi railway station
  • Narasambudhi railway station
  • Kavalande railway station
  • Konanur railway station
  • Badanaguppe railway station
  • Mariyala Gangavadi railway station
  • Chamarajanagar railway station

    • Background

    The only town between Mysore and Chamarajanagar is Nanjangud. All other railway stations cater to small villages or hamlets. There are six trains running forward and backward in this route. Five of them are slow moving passenger trains.

    References

    Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line Wikipedia
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