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]
There is no evidence that this MG line was constructed by the SIR.
However 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]. It must be assumed that the railway was completed by 'Parry and Company' as a private line
No further information has been found
Note: 'Parry and Company' were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping and insurance as well as in the sugar and fertilizer industries . It was one of India's largest Managing Agents and had offices in 16 towns in the Madras Presidency as well as Calcutta, Bombay and Rangoon. See separate page for more infomation
References
- ↑ "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908" Vol 23; page 373; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016
- ↑ "llustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway – 1926"; page 133; Retrieved 19 Dec 2017
