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Constructed The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) for the Tinnevelly District Board after 1908 and worked by SIR. The line was to run from [[Tinnevelly]] to [[Tiruchendur]], a length of 38 miles (qv60km); the work that was in progress was "stopped owing to the abnormal conditions on account of the war."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n160/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>
{{WorkThe MG line was finally opened in Feb 1923 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the '[[South Indian Railway]]'(SIR)<ref>”Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-in1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 276</ref> At [[Tiruchendur]] there was an interchange the with the [[Kulasekharapatnam Tissainvillai Light Railway| ‘Tiruchendur-Tissianvilai Light Railway’ which was an extension of the ‘Kulasekharapatnam Tissianvillai Light Railway’ -Progress''see separate page'' ]] ==Further Information==See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] '''<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-Rly}}_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR System Metre Gauge|SIR System Metre Gauge]]''' == References ==<references />
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[[File: Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway.png|thumb| Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]The '''Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway'''was first proposed in 1908, to be a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Tinnevelly]] to the pilgrimage site at [[Tiruchendur]] <ref>[http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Tiruchendur "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908" Vol 23; page 373]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>.
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