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The '''Calicut-Azhikal Railway''' was an extension to the [[Madras Railway]](MR) which had reached [[Calicut]] (now named Kozhikode) in 1888. 

The extension  opened in stages and by 1902 a distance of 43 miles(70km) was opened from Calicut leaving a about 17 miles still to be completed up to [[Azhikal]]. 
<ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/images/0/04/Er19020613a.pdf Grace's Guide "The Engineer", 13 June 1902, page 583];Retrieved 10 Dec 2015</ref>. The line reached [[Azhikal]] in 1904 and finally reached [[Mangalore]] in 1907 to form the [[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]] <ref name=AdminSIR>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n144/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” pages 136 (pdf144)]; Retrieved 28 Nov 2016</ref>.

The [[Madras Railway]] contract expired on 31 Dec 1907. The [[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]] section which included the 'Calicut-Azikal Railway' was transferred to [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) on 1 Jan 1908 <ref name=AdminSIR/>

==Records==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File  #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” -  available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]

An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved  21 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L/F/8/15/1077 ''' “Madras Railway Company, Contract for the construction of a railway from Calicut to Baliapatam and Azikhal; 1901”

==External Links==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kozhikode_railway_station  "Kozhikode Railway Station"] Wikipedia

==Further Information==
See '''[[Madras Railway]]''' up to 1907, 

then '''[[South Indian Railway]]''' from 1908.

== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:State Railways]]