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'''Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway''' | The '''Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway''' was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line first proposed by Pudukkottai Durbar in 1906. The line was to to connect from the main line at [[Trichinopoly]] to [[Pudukkottai]] and [[Tondi]] on the east coast some 83 miles(133km) away. | ||
<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/sir-trichinopoly.html "Trichinopoly" by F. R. Hemingway; published under the District Gazetteers series by the Government Press, Madras, 1907. Reproduced by IRFCA ''Indian Railways Fan Club'']; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref> | |||
The project was repeatedly considered and shelved. | |||
<ref>[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10973/18185/GIPE-015962.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 16]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>. | |||
The [[Trichinopoly]] to [[Pudukkottai]] line, a length of 32 miles(51km) was sanctioned for construction by the SIR in August 1916 but delayed due to 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> | |||
A railway linking [[Trichinopoly]] and [[Karaikkudi]] in Madura district and passing through [[Pudukkottai]] was finally completed in March 1926 as part of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) network | |||
<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudukkottai_state Wikipedia "Pudukkottai State"]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>. | |||
==Further Information== | |||
See '''[[South Indian Railway]]''' | |||
== References == | |||
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Latest revision as of 07:38, 14 February 2016
The Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway was a metre gauge(MG) line first proposed by Pudukkottai Durbar in 1906. The line was to to connect from the main line at Trichinopoly to Pudukkottai and Tondi on the east coast some 83 miles(133km) away. [1]
The project was repeatedly considered and shelved. [2].
The Trichinopoly to Pudukkottai line, a length of 32 miles(51km) was sanctioned for construction by the SIR in August 1916 but delayed due to the war. [3]
A railway linking Trichinopoly and Karaikkudi in Madura district and passing through Pudukkottai was finally completed in March 1926 as part of the South Indian Railway(SIR) network [4].
Further Information
References
- ↑ "Trichinopoly" by F. R. Hemingway; published under the District Gazetteers series by the Government Press, Madras, 1907. Reproduced by IRFCA Indian Railways Fan Club; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
- ↑ "Railways in India – GOI Administrative Report 1916-17" page 16; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015
- ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016
- ↑ Wikipedia "Pudukkottai State"; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016