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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]]   
 
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>.
 
<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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<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>
 
<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>
  
There is no evidence that this MG line was constructed by the SIR.
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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>
  
However 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" <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]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2017</ref>. It must be assumed that the railway was completed by '[[Parry and Company]]' as a private line
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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'' ]]  
  
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==Further Information==
 
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See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] '''
Note: '[[Parry and Company]]' were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping and insurance as well as in the sugar and fertilizer industries . It was one of India's largest [[Managing_Agencies|Managing Agents]] and had offices in 16 towns in the [[Madras Presidency]] as well as [[Calcutta]], [[Bombay]] and [[Rangoon]]. [[Parry and Company|''See separate page for more infomation'']] 
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<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR System Metre Gauge|SIR System Metre Gauge]]'''
  
 
== References ==
 
== 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