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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.

<ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n93/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 85085]; Retrieved 21 Dec 201529 Jan 2016</ref>

It was proposed in 1916 to extend the line from [[Repalle]] to [[Viseswaram]], however the construction was postponed due to the war.<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y“Administration Report on the Railways in India 1916” page 16]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015Oct 2016. Download GIPE-015962</ref>  ==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 in the 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....; 1937-1947"  ==Further Information==See '''[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]'''<br>and '''[[Guntur-Repalle Railway]]'''