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-The [[Pamban Branch Railway]] was a metre  gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) single line completed in 1914 by the [[South Indian Railway]] Company(SIR).
-<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamban_Bridge Wikipedia "Pamban_Bridge"]; Retrieved 21 Jun 2016</ref>
-The line linked the SIR network in India at [[Mandupam]] with the Island of [[Rameswaram]], from where there was a ferry connection to [[Ceylon]].
-==Background==
-A railway to  link [[Dhaneshkodi]] in India to [[Talaimannar]] in [[Ceylon]], a distance of 22 miles(35km), was a constant challenge to railway engineers.  The route would follow the chain of limestone shoals known as '''Adam's Bridge''' between Pamban Island, also known as Rameswaram Island, off the south-eastern coast of Tamil Nadu, India, and Mannar Island, off the north-western coast of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Geological evidence suggests that this bridge is a former land connection between India and Sri Lanka <ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%27s_Bridge Wikipedia "Adam's Bridge"]; Retrieved 21 Jun 2016</ref>
-The route was first considered in 1876 but no definite was taken until 1894 with a proposal from the Ceylon Government, followed a year later by a survey by the Indian Government. These proposals were considered a greater outlay than the anticipated traffic would justify and the idea of bridging the sea was abandoned ref> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951", pages 63-64 </ref>.
-Also described as the '''Madura-Pamban Railway''' in some records, it was surveyed by [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] between the years of 1888 and 1893. (see 'Personnel' below)
-==History==
-*1908. After much consultion it was decided to build a viaduct from [[Dhaneshkodi]] to [[Talaimannar]] with a "Scherzer Rolling Lifting Bridge" over the Pamban Pass shipping passage.
-Also described as the '''Madura-Pamban Railway''' in some records, it was first surveyed by [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] between the years of 1888 and 1893. (see 'Personnel' below)
-It involved the construction of the '''[[Pamban Viaduct]]''' across the submerged reef lying between the mainland of India and the Island of  [[Panbam]](Rameswaram)
-<ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1915.16223 Institution of Civil Engineers "Minutes of the Proceedings" Volume 199, Issue 1915, 01 January 1915 , pages 377 –387]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>.
-Prior to the construction of this line, traffic between India and Ceylon was carried via Tuticorin and Colombo, a route which line, which has necessitated a 12-hours' sea journey. This branch then became the main line, extended to [[Mandapam]], on the mainland of India.
-==Records==
-An on-line search of the [[India Office Records]](IOR) records relating to this railway <ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2  “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue”  - Search];  Retrieved 26 Jan 2016</ref>
-gives the following: -
-*'''L/F/8/16/1095'''  “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to the construction and working of the Pamban Branch and the Travancore Branch; 1901"
-==Personnel==
-No Staff Lists have been found.
-The “Indian Biographical Dictionary” gives [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]], [[Public Works Department]], Executive Engineer from 1888 to 1893 as 'Engineer-in-Chief of the  Madura-Pamban Railway Survey  ''also Bezwada-Madras and Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway Surveys'' ' <ref>[https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Indian_Biographical_Dictionary.djvu/430 “Indian Biographical Dictionary” 1915 page 390]; Retrieved on 27 May 2016</ref>
-== References ==
-<references />
-==Further Information==
-See '''[[South Indian Railway]]'''
-[[Category:Railways]]
-[[Category:State Railways]]

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