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*[[Tanjore District Board Railway]]. Formed 1900 by raising funds to construct feeder line; worked by SIR
*[[Podanur-Pollachi Railway]], opened 1905. District Board owned; worked by SIR as part of Metre gauge section network.
*[[Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]. Constructed by District Board after 1908 and worked by SIR
*[[Suramangalam-Salem Railway]]. District Board owned, opened 1917-18, worked by SIR
'District Board Lines' sub-heading, railways moved to suit
*[[Villupuram-Tiruvanamalai Railway]], opened before 1891. State Railway, included with SIR , 1891
*[[Quilon-Trivandrum Extension Railway]], first section opened 1918 completed 1931
===District Board Lines worked by SIR===
The following lines were worked by SIR under arrangements with District Boards
*[[Tanjore District Board Railway]]. The first District Board line, formed 1900 by raising funds to construct feeder line; worked by SIR.
*[[Podanur-Pollachi Railway]], opened 1905. District Board owned; worked by SIR as part of Metre gauge section network.
*[[Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]. Constructed by District Board after 1908 and worked by SIR
*[[Suramangalam-Salem Railway]]. District Board owned, opened 1917-18, worked by SIR
*[[Mayavaram--Tranquebar Railway]]. District Board owned, under construction 1926, worked by SIR
===Lines worked by SIR at some time===
*[[Mayavaram Mutupet Railway]], opened 1890. Worked by SIR , 1897
*[[Nilgiri Mountain Railway]], opened 1899. Worked by Madras Railway Co to 1907; then worked by SIR ; line extended, 1908
*[[Shoranur-Cochin Railway]]. Privately funded, opened in 1902. Worked by SIR , 1908
*[[Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway]].'British Section' opened 1902, worked by SIR, 50 miles from Tinnevelly to frontier of Travancore State. 'Indian State Section' opened 1903, worked by SIR, 58 miles from frontier through Travancore State to Quillon
*[[Tirupattur-Krishnagiri Railway]] opened 1905 as a famine protection line; worked by [[Madras Railway]](MR) until 31 December 1907; then working passed to SIR
*[[Shoranur-Nalambur Railway]], opened 1927. Worked by SIR , 1933
*[[Salem-Metur-Dam Railway]]. Link railway to SIR main line at Salem from Metur Dam; worked by SIR, 1933
