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On 1 Jan 1908 the Government re-allocated a number of lines. The newly formed '[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'(M&SMR) was given the lines north of [[Katpadi]] which had been worked by the SIR. As a consequence the ‘Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway’ ceased to exist and the line divided:- | On 1 Jan 1908 the Government re-allocated a number of lines. The newly formed '[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'(M&SMR) was given the lines north of [[Katpadi]] which had been worked by the SIR. As a consequence the ‘Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway’ ceased to exist and the line divided:- | ||
*The section from [[Villupuram]] to [[Katpadi]] retained by SIR and became the '''[[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]]''' of the SIR metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) system. | *The section from [[Villupuram]] to [[Katpadi]] retained by SIR and became the '''[[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]]''' of the SIR metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) system. Later to become the'Katpadi Branch Line', a branch from the SIR ‘[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]’ | ||
*The section from [[Katpadi]] to [[Guntakal]] was transferred to M&SMR to become their ‘Kalpadi-Dharmavaram Branch’ and part of their ‘Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Branch’ | *The section from [[Katpadi]] to [[Guntakal]] was transferred to M&SMR to become their ‘Kalpadi-Dharmavaram Branch’ and part of their ‘Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Branch’ | ||
==Further Information== | ==Further Information== | ||
See '''[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]''' | See '''[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]''' | ||
Latest revision as of 10:32, 1 October 2020
The Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section is the branch line of the South Indian Railway(SIR) metre gauge(MG) line from Villupuram on the SIR ‘Madras-Tuticorin Mainline’ to Katpadi, a line length of 99 miles(158km [1].
History
The 'Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway' was constructed as a metre gauge(MG) State Railway. The line from Villupuram was opened in stages from Nov 1890, reaching Katpadi in Mar 1891 and Guntakal in Aug 1892, a line length of 342 miles(550km). The line was worked by South Indian Railway(SIR) as a branch from Villupuram on the SIR ‘Madras-Tuticorin Mainline’
On 1 Jan 1908 the Government re-allocated a number of lines. The newly formed 'Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway'(M&SMR) was given the lines north of Katpadi which had been worked by the SIR. As a consequence the ‘Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway’ ceased to exist and the line divided:-
- The section from Villupuram to Katpadi retained by SIR and became the Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section of the SIR metre gauge(MG) system. Later to become the'Katpadi Branch Line', a branch from the SIR ‘Madras-Tuticorin Mainline’
- The section from Katpadi to Guntakal was transferred to M&SMR to become their ‘Kalpadi-Dharmavaram Branch’ and part of their ‘Guntakal-Mysore Frontier Branch’
Further Information
See Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway
References
- ↑ “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 139 (pdf148) ; Retrieved 4 Feb 2018