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'''Pamban Branch Railway'''
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).


SIR(qv) branchline between India and Island of Rameswaram, Ceylon.
The line linked the SIR network in India with the Island of [[Rameswaram]], [[Ceylon]].  


Opened 1914
It involved the construction of the '''Pamban Viaduct''' across the submerged reef lying between the mainland of India and the Island of 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</ref>


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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.
 
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Revision as of 15:05, 30 November 2015

The Pamban Branch Railway was a metre gauge(MG) single line completed in 1914 by the South Indian Railway Company(SIR).

The line linked the SIR network in India with the Island of Rameswaram, Ceylon.

It involved the construction of the Pamban Viaduct across the submerged reef lying between the mainland of India and the Island of Rameswaram. [1]

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.

References

  1. [1] Institution of Civil Engineers - Minutes of the Proceedings, Volume 199, Issue 1915, 01 January 1915 , pages 377 –387