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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]] and to be constructed by the District Board.
[[File: Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway.png|thumb| Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]
<ref>[http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Tiruchendur] Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908 and Vol 23; page 373</ref>
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>.


There is no evidence that this MG line was constructed.
The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) for the Tinnevelly District Board. The line was to run from [[Tinnevelly]] to [[Tiruchendur]], a length of 38 miles (60km); 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>


In 1926 the following is recorded  ‘Messers. Parry and Company’s light Railway runs from Tiruchendur to Tissianvilai touching the port of Kulasekarapatnam, which has shipping connection with Colombo and Tuticorin.’
The 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 1859-1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 276</ref>
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=SzWvq8EYBwUC&pg=PA133&hl=fr&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false]
llustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway – 1926; page 133</ref>


Parry and Co were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping.
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’ - ''see separate page'' ]]  
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=8WNEcgMr11kC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=Messrs+Parry+and+Company&source=bl&ots=0kZ5weXQL1&sig=laVy5QXRoYB4rRFnumdt4PuuTOA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5pber5snJAhUCzxoKHb41AuoQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Messrs%20Parry%20and%20Company&f=false]  
Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources by Arnold Wright page 166</ref>


''No further information has been found''  
==Further Information==
See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] '''
<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR System Metre Gauge|SIR System Metre Gauge]]'''


== References ==
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Latest revision as of 14:23, 6 October 2020

Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway

The Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway was first proposed in 1908, to be a metre gauge(MG) line from Tinnevelly to the pilgrimage site at Tiruchendur [1].

The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 by the South Indian Railway(SIR) for the Tinnevelly District Board. The line was to run from Tinnevelly to Tiruchendur, a length of 38 miles (60km); the work that was in progress was "stopped owing to the abnormal conditions on account of the war." [2]

The MG line was finally opened in Feb 1923 as a metre gauge(MG) branch of the 'South Indian Railway'(SIR)[3]

At Tiruchendur there was an interchange the with the ‘Tiruchendur-Tissianvilai Light Railway’ which was an extension of the ‘Kulasekharapatnam Tissianvillai Light Railway’ - see separate page

Further Information

See South Indian Railway
and SIR System Metre Gauge

References

  1. "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908" Vol 23; page 373; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
  2. "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016
  3. ”Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 276