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The '''Tanjore District Board Railway''' was the first District Board Railway, opened in 1900 and . The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway was worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
The Tanjore District Board raised funds for the construction of a railway 103 miles in length and the first section '''[[Mayavaram Mutupet Railway]]''' opened with a section from Mayavaram of 31 miles (50km) in 1890 and completed reaching [[Mutupet]] in 1894(54 miles); the line was further extended reaching [[Arantanji]] in 1903 (100 miles). Further extensions and branches were planned but postponed due to the war.
The Tanjore District Board Railway became the pattern of District Board Railways and was shortly followed by the Kistna District Board which opened the [[Bezwada-Masulipatam Railway]] in 1908.
Later followed by [[Podanur-Pollachi Railway]](Coimbature D.B); [[Tenali-Repalle Railway]] (Guntur D.B.).The '''Tanjore District Board Railway''' was the first District Board Railway, opened in 1900 and was worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
<ref name=name>[http://archive.org/stream/roorkeetreatiseo030592mbp/roorkeetreatiseo030592mbp_djvu.txt Archive.org "Roorkee Treatise On Civil Engineering" Section IX. Chapter 1 Section 15]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
Also the '''[[Nidamangalam-Mannargudi Railway]]''' was opened by the Tanjore District Board, date unknownin 1915; a 8 mile (12km) extension known as the [[Mannargudi]] branch.<ref name=name/>.
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