[[File: Madras Railway Map 1909, south section.png|thumb| Madras Railway Map 1909, south section]]
[[File: Madras Railway Map 1909, south section.png|thumb| Madras Railway Map 1909, south section]]
*1860-61 [[Jalarpet]] to [[Salem]] via [[Tiruppattur]] and [[Morappur]]
*1860-61 [[Jalarpet]] to [[Salem]]. Via [[Tiruppattur]] and [[Morappur]]
*1861-62 [[Salem]] to Kadalundi (9 miles/15km short of [[Calicut]]) via [[Sankaridrug]], [[Erode|Erode Junction]] (connection with [[Erode Branch Line SIR|SIR metre gauge 'Erode Branch')]], [[Podanur]], Palakkad Junction(Olavakode), Pattambi, Kuttippuram and [[Tirur]]
*1861-62 [[Salem]] to Kadalundi (9 miles/15km short of [[Calicut]]). Via [[Sankaridrug]], [[Erode|Erode Junction]] (connection with [[Erode Branch Line SIR|SIR metre gauge 'Erode Branch')]], [[Podanur]], Palakkad Junction(Olavakode), Pattambi, Kuttippuram and [[Tirur]]
*1901-04 [[Calicut-Azhikal Railway|Calicut-Azhikal Extension]] to [[Azhikal]] via [[Badagara]], [[Tellicherry]] and [[Cannanore]]
*1901-04 [[Calicut-Azhikal Railway|Calicut-Azhikal Extension]] to [[Azhikal]]. Via [[Badagara]], [[Tellicherry]] and [[Cannanore]]
*1906-07 [[Azhikal-Mangalore Railway|Azhikal-Mangalore Extension]] reached [[Mangalore]] via [[Hosdrug]], [[Kasaragod]] and Kumbla.
*1907 [[Azhikal-Mangalore Railway|Azhikal-Mangalore Extension]] reached [[Mangalore]]. Via [[Hosdrug]], [[Kasaragod]] and Kumbla.
Revision as of 08:47, 30 January 2018
Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline
Constructed as a Broad Gauge line connecting Jalarpet to Mangalore. Owned and worked by Madras Railway (MR) up to 31 Dec 1907, then transferred to South Indian Railway.The total length of the line was 417 miles(617km) and with two branches 446 miles(717km)
The following is based on the “Administration Report on Railways 1918”[1] and the "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951"[2].
