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Section owned by Guntur District BoardIt was proposed in 1916 to extend the line from [[Repalle]] to [[Viseswaram]], however the construction was postponed due to the war <ref>[http://dspace. See Guntergipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-Repalle Rly015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y “Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 16]; worked by M&MSR(qv)Retrieved 21 Oct 2016. Download GIPE-015962</ref>
{{Work==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 inthe 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 Jan 2016</ref>gives the following: -*'''L/F/8/20/1795''' “District Board of Guntur, Agreement for working the Tenali-Repalle Branch Railway through the agency of the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company; 1936 *'''L/F/7/1524''' “ Collection 266/12: Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway: Contract for working Tenali-Repalle Railway....; 1937-Progress1947" ==Further Information==See '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''<br>and '''[[Guntur-Rly}}Repalle Railway]]''' == References ==<references />
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The '''Tenali-Repalle Railway'''was a broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) line, owned by [[Guntur District Board]], and opened in 1916. It was part of the '''[[Guntur-Repalle Railway]]''' and was built and worked by the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]](M&SMR). The line ran from [[Guntur]] to [[Repalle]] a length of 21 miles(34km)<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n93/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 85]; Retrieved 29 Jan 2016</ref>
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