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The '''Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway''' was first proposed by Pudukkottai Durbar in 1906 to connect [[Trichinopoly]] with [[Pudukkottai]] and [[Tondi]] on the east coast some 83 miles(133km) away.
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/sir-trichinopoly.html] IRFCA "Trichinopoly", author F. R. Hemingway and ; published under the District Gazetteers series by the Government Press, Madras, 1907. ]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
The project was repeatedly considered and shelved.
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y] "Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>.
A railway linking [[Trichinopoly]] and [[Karaikkudi]] in Madura district and passing through [[Pudukkottai]] was completed in March 1926 as part of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) network
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudukkottai_state] Wikipedia - "Pudukkottai State"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
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