Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway

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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]

There is no evidence that this MG line was constructed.

In 1926 the following is recorded "Messers. Parry and Company’s light Railway runs from Tiruchendur to Tissianvilai touching the port of Kulasekarapatnam, which has shipping connection with Colombo and Tuticorin." [3]

Parry and Co were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping. [4]

No further information has been found

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