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The project was  repeatedly considered and shelved.   
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 Administritive Report 1916-17"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>.
<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"]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>.
    
    
A railway linking [[Trichinopoly]] and [[Karaikkudi]] in Madura district and passing through [[Pudukkottai]] was completed in March 1926 as part of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) network.
A railway linking [[Trichinopoly]] and [[Karaikkudi]] in Madura district and passing through [[Pudukkottai]] was completed in March 1926 as part of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) network.

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The Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway was a metre gauge(MG) line first proposed by Pudukkottai Durbar in 1906 to connect Trichinopoly with Pudukkottai and Tondi on the east coast some 83 miles(133km) away. [1]

The project was repeatedly considered and shelved. [2].

A railway linking Trichinopoly and Karaikkudi in Madura district and passing through Pudukkottai was completed in March 1926 as part of the South Indian Railway(SIR) network. [3] The Trichinopoly to Pudukkottai, a length of 32 miles(51km) had been sanctioned for construction by the SIR in August 1916 [4]

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