Mysore-Chamarajanagar branch line

Mysore–Chamarajanagar branch line
Oldest rail bridge in India at Nanjangud
Overview
Status	Operational
Locale	Karnataka
Termini	Mysore Junction (MYS) Chamarajanagar (CMNR)
Stations	12
Services	1
Website	www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in
Operation
Opened	November 12, 2008; 8 years ago (2008-11-12)
Owner	Indian Railway
Operator(s)	South Western Railway zone
Depot(s)	Krishnarajapuram
Rolling stock	WDM-2 WDM-3A WDP-4D WDP-4 WDG-3A WDG-4
Technical
Line length	61 kilometres (38 mi)
Number of tracks	1
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Old gauge	1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in)
Loading gauge	4,725 mm × 3,660 mm (15 ft 6.0 in × 12 ft 0.1 in) (BG)
Operating speed	37 km/h (23 mph)
Route number	84
Route map Km to Bangalore City to Hassan Junction Mysore New Goods Terminal 0 Mysore Junction 3 Chamarajapuram 5 Ashokapuram 16 Kadakola 19 Tandavapura 23 Sujathapuram 25 Nanjangud Town 32 Chinnadagudihundi 34 Narasambudhi 41 Kavalande 46 Konanur 50 Badanaguppe 57 Mariyala Gangavadi 61 Chamarajanagar This diagram:

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

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.

The project cost ₹313 crore (US$48 million). The gauge conversion work of the 61 kilometres (38 mi) stretch was completed.

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.