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[[File:Cochin State Forest Tramway.png|thumb| Cochin State Forest Tramway]]
[[Chalakudy]] was a station on the [[Shoranur-Cochin Railway]], a MG line that had opened in 1902 between [[Shoranur]] and [[Cochin|the Ernakulum Terminus in Cochin]], this line was first worked by [[Madras Railway]], and by [[South Indian Railway]] from1908 from 1908 <ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n153/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 145 (pdf153) ]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref> .
The construction of the tramway commenced in 1901 and was inaugurated by Sir Arthur Oliver Villiers Russell, 2nd Baron Ampthill, Governor of Madras, in October 1905. Regular work in the tramway started in 1907. On June 26, 1907, the Maharaja of Cochin passed the Cochin Forest Tramway Act, which provided for protection and management of the tramway
<ref name=Varma>[https://www.irfca.org/articles/CochinStateForestTramwayJournal.doc “Journal on the Cochin State Forest Tramway” by Devan R Varma with David Churchill and Marc Reusser, 2005 published on-line by ‘Indian Railways Fan Club’"]; Retrieved 10 Apr 2018</ref>.
The total length of the tramway system was 49½ miles/79.5km from [[Chalakudy]], the location of the forest headquarters used to house the tramway workshop & timber yard. The entire tramway is divided into three sections and five inclines as detailed below <ref name=Varma/>:-
