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The '''Madras RailwayCompany'''(MR) was formed provisionally in 1845 although its first section of line, from [[Madras]] July 1852 to [[Arcot]], was not opened acquire lands in the “East Indies” and to traffic until 1 July 1856construct and work a railway or railways in that territory. In 1859, its object was given as "December of that year the construction and working of a railway from Madras to company contracted with the western coast at [[BeyporeEast India Company]], with branches to [[Bangalore]] construct and the [[Neilgherries]]; also maintain an “experimental line of a line railway” from Madras, ''via'' [[BellaryMadras]], to join (or towards) the line from west coast of India. <ref> [[Bombay]] https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/228649/8330.pdf H.M. Government “Statute Law Repeals: Nineteenth Report : Draft Statute Law (Repeals) Bill; April 2012"; pages 130- total132, about 820 milesparagraphs 3.65-3." <sup>173] Retrieved on 2 January 2016</supref>
Thev first section of line, from [[Madras]] to [[Arcot]], was not opened to traffic until 1 July 1856.
In 1859, its object was given as "the construction and working of a railway from Madras to the western coast at [[Beypore]], with branches to [[Bangalore]] and the [[Neilgherries]]; also of a line from Madras, ''via'' [[Bellary]], to join the line from [[Bombay]] - total, about 820 miles." <ref>"Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.1</ref>
== History ==
Headquartered in Madras, whence its lines radiated, the Madras Railway was built to Broad Gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]).
== Records ==
There are no Staff agreements held at the [[British Library]] in the [[India Office Records]].
== Notes References == <sup>1<references /sup> "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
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