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'''Karikal''' was formerly a [[French]] colony and is now named Karaikal.
'''Karikal''' was formerly a [[French]] colony and is now named Karaikal.
<br>Alternative spelling: Karaikkal
{{Locations}}
The station at this town was on the  [[Karaikkal-Peralam Railway]] that opened in 1898
==Relevant Information==
Until the [[Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway]] opened in 1926 passengers to the Danish enclave of [[Tranquebar]] were required to use the [[Karaikkal-Peralam Railway]] to the Porear Road Station to the north of French town of Karaikal. Then to use “road conveyance to Tranquebar, 7 miles distant (North) on good metalled roads. Jutkas and bullock-carts can be had at the station” <ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MOhiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT188&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=false
“The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway” by the  South Indian Railway Company Ltd , first published by Higgenbottom, Madras 1900, pdf page 188 referring to the French town of Karaikkal (Karaikal) ]; Retrieved 3 Jun  2019</ref>.


==Records==
==Records==
*See [[French]]
*See [[French]]
== References ==
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[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]

Revision as of 10:05, 3 June 2019

Karikal was formerly a French colony and is now named Karaikal.
Alternative spelling: Karaikkal

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The station at this town was on the Karaikkal-Peralam Railway that opened in 1898

Relevant Information

Until the Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway opened in 1926 passengers to the Danish enclave of Tranquebar were required to use the Karaikkal-Peralam Railway to the Porear Road Station to the north of French town of Karaikal. Then to use “road conveyance to Tranquebar, 7 miles distant (North) on good metalled roads. Jutkas and bullock-carts can be had at the station” [1].

Records

References

  1. [https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=MOhiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT188&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=false “The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway” by the South Indian Railway Company Ltd , first published by Higgenbottom, Madras 1900, pdf page 188 referring to the French town of Karaikkal (Karaikal) ]; Retrieved 3 Jun 2019