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*'''L/L/F/7/2601''' “Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33" | *'''L/L/F/7/2601''' “Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33" | ||
*'''L/F/8/20/1774''' “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933" | *'''L/F/8/20/1774''' “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933" | ||
==Further Information== | |||
See ''' [[South Indian Railway]] ''' | |||
<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#Lines_worked_by_SIR_at_some_time|SIR Lines Owned and Worked]] ''' | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 08:31, 14 June 2020
Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway
The ownership, date of opening and the details of operation of this railway have not been confirmed.
An article written in "The Hindu" in 2004 [1] states 'the railway line from Madras to Tuticorin, covering a distance of 444 miles, was laid way back in 1880 by the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company during the British Raj.'
Both Vriddhachalam and Cuddalore are on the main SIR line between Tuticorin ( today called Thoothukudi) and Madras (Chennai). So this would support the conclusion that the Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway was constructed by SIR c.1880.
The railway was worked by South Indian Railway(SIR) in 1933[2]
Records
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the Fibis shop. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the India Office Records (IOR) held at the British Library
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway [2] gives the following: -
- L/L/F/7/2601 “Collection 400/8: South Indian Railway: Contract for working of Shoranur-Nilambur, Salem-Metur Dam and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Lines; 1931-33"
- L/F/8/20/1774 “South Indian Railway Company Limited, Contract as to working of Shoranur-Nilambur Line, Salem-Metur-Dam Line and Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Line; 1933"
Further Information
See South Indian Railway
and SIR Lines Owned and Worked
References
- ↑ The Hindu Newspaper "Chugging into the past" Saturday, Dec 18, 2004 Retrieved on Jan 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search; Retrieved 28 Jan 2016