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The '''Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway''' was a state funded metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway and part of the [[Villupuram-Guntakal Railway]] which opened in 1893. The [[Dharmavaram]] to [[Guntakal]] section was made over to the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] <ref>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf  " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government  Printing,  Calcutta;  pages 136, pdf page 145]; Retrieved 20 Jun 2016</ref>.
The '''Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway''' was a state funded metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway, opened in Mar 1892 and was extended to become the '[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]', worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).  
 
The [[Villupuram]]-[[Dharmavaram]] section was handed over to the [[South Indian Railway]] (SIR) and become part of the SIR network <ref> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951", page 31</ref>.  


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
The following personnel were deployed from the [[Public Works Department]] and engaged on the Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway survey and construction
Personnel were deployed from the [[Public Works Department]] and engaged on the 'Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway' survey and construction.
<br>[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway|See page 'Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway' for details]]
   
   
*[[Joseph Elston]], Executive Engineer in 1890 <ref name=icl> India  Civil List 1890, page 40/41</ref>. 
==Further Information==
*[[Henry Herbert Gahan]], Executive Engineer from 1890 to 1894 <ref name=icl/>.
See '''[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]'''
*[[Arthur Staples Gerrard]], Executive Engineer from 1890 to 1892 <ref name=icl/>. 
*[[Henry Thomas Gwyther]], Executive Engineer in 1890 <ref name=icl/>.
*[[Edward Gerald James McCudden]], Executive Engineer from 1890 to 1894 <ref name=icl/>.
*[[William Hanbury Pettingall Sherman]], Executive Engineer from 1890 to 1891 <ref name=icl/>. 
*[[Henry George Frederick Smith]], Executive Engineer in 1890 <ref name=icl/>.


== References ==
== References ==
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==Further Information==
See '''[[South Indian Railway]]'''


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Latest revision as of 09:32, 5 February 2018

The Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway was a state funded metre gauge(MG) railway, opened in Mar 1892 and was extended to become the 'Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway', worked by the South Indian Railway(SIR).

Personnel

Personnel were deployed from the Public Works Department and engaged on the 'Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway' survey and construction.
See page 'Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway' for details

Further Information

See Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway

References

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