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'''Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway'''
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[[File: Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway.png|thumb| Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]
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The '''Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway''' was first proposed in 1908, to be a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Tinnevelly]] to the pilgrimage site at [[Tiruchendur]] 
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<ref>[http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Tiruchendur "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908" Vol 23; page 373]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>.
  
Constructed by District Board after 1908 and worked by SIR(qv)
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The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) for the Tinnevelly District Board. The line was to run from [[Tinnevelly]] to [[Tiruchendur]], a length of 38 miles (60km); the work that was in progress was "stopped owing to the abnormal conditions on account of the war."
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<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n160/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  page 152]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>
  
{{Work-in-Progress-Rly}}
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The MG line was finally opened in Feb 1923 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]])  branch of the '[[South Indian Railway]]'(SIR)<ref>”Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 276</ref>
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At [[Tiruchendur]]  there was an interchange the with the [[Kulasekharapatnam Tissainvillai Light Railway| ‘Tiruchendur-Tissianvilai Light Railway’ which was an extension of the  ‘Kulasekharapatnam Tissianvillai Light Railway’ - ''see separate page'' ]]
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==Further Information==
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See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] '''
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<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR System Metre Gauge|SIR System Metre Gauge]]'''
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== References ==
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<references />
  
[[Category:District Railway Boards]]
 
 
[[Category:Railways]]
 
[[Category:Railways]]
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[[Category:State Railways]]

Latest revision as of 14:23, 6 October 2020

Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway

The Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway was first proposed in 1908, to be a metre gauge(MG) line from Tinnevelly to the pilgrimage site at Tiruchendur [1].

The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 by the South Indian Railway(SIR) for the Tinnevelly District Board. The line was to run from Tinnevelly to Tiruchendur, a length of 38 miles (60km); the work that was in progress was "stopped owing to the abnormal conditions on account of the war." [2]

The MG line was finally opened in Feb 1923 as a metre gauge(MG) branch of the 'South Indian Railway'(SIR)[3]

At Tiruchendur there was an interchange the with the ‘Tiruchendur-Tissianvilai Light Railway’ which was an extension of the ‘Kulasekharapatnam Tissianvillai Light Railway’ - see separate page

Further Information

See South Indian Railway
and SIR System Metre Gauge

References

  1. "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908" Vol 23; page 373; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
  2. "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016
  3. ”Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 276