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| '''Cuddalore and Salem Light Railway'''
| | #REDIRECT [[Cuddalore and Salem Tramway/Light Railway proposal]] |
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| The [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] show that a light railway operating on a cart road between [[Cuddalore]] and [[Salem]] was first suggested in 1854-5. See ‘Records’ below.
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| No evidence has been found that this project was adopted.
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| The [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) connection from [[Cuddalore]] and [[Salem]] via [[Virudhachalam]] opened as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line after 1909.
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| ==Records==
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| An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) records held at the [[British Library]] 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 4 Apr 2016</ref>
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| gives several entries, the most relevant as follows: -
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| *Z/E/4/25/P872; “Public Works, Engineers, Madras, Suggestion of Chief for construction of light railway on roads between Cuddalore and Salem and Masulipatam and Hyderabad “;1854-1855.
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| *Z/E/4/25/R866; Roads, Cuddalore to Salem, formation of cart, sanctioned to connect with sea port and question as to fitness for tram or light”; 1854-1855
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| == References ==
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| <references />
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| [[Category:Railways]]
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| [[Category: Railway Projects]]
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