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The '''Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section''' is the branch line of the  [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Villupuram]]  on the SIR ‘[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]’ to [[Katpadi]], a line length of 99 miles(158km <ref name=Admin139>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n148/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 139 (pdf148) ]; Retrieved  4 Feb 2018</ref>.
 
==History==
The '[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]' was constructed as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#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([[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’
 
==Further Information==
See '''[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]'''
 
and '''[[South Indian Railway]]'''
 
== References ==
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[[Category: State Railways]]

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:-

Further Information

See Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway

and South Indian Railway

References