The '''Villupuram-Nellore Railway''' is referred to in some documents but was a route and not a railway as such
The route from [[Villupuram]] to [[Nellore]] was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) track of miles(133km). The route from [[Villupuram]] was via [[Katpadi]], [[Pakala]], [[Renigunta]], [[Gudur]] to [[Nellor]] was worked by [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) as a north-south route avoiding [[Madras]].
The line comprised a number of sections:-
* The 'Villipuram-Katpadi Section' was part of the '[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]' that continued nortn-westward from [[Pakala]]. This was a State Railway from [[Villupuram]] was opened in stages from Nov 1890, reaching [[Katpadi]] in Mar 1891<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>.
* The 'Katpadi-Pakala-Gudur Section' was a branch from the above line
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Revision as of 07:50, 6 February 2018
Villupuram-Nellore Railway
The Villupuram-Nellore Railway is referred to in some documents but was a route and not a railway as such
The 'Villipuram-Katpadi Section' was part of the 'Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway' that continued nortn-westward from Pakala. This was a State Railway from Villupuram was opened in stages from Nov 1890, reaching Katpadi in Mar 1891[1].
The 'Katpadi-Pakala-Gudur Section' was a branch from the above line
