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The '''Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway''' was a branch of [[South Indian Railway]](SIR). The line opened before 1901.
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]] 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
The following personnel were deployed from the [[Public Works Department]] and engaged on the Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway survey and construction
   
   
*[[Joseph Elston]], Executive Engineer in 1890 <ref name=icl> India  Civil List 1890, page 40/41</ref>.   
*[[Joseph Elston]], Executive Engineer in 1890 <ref name=icl> India  Civil List 1890, page 40/41</ref>.   

Revision as of 06:09, 20 June 2016

The Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway was a state funded 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 [1].

The Villupuram-Dharmavaram section was handed over to the South Indian Railway (SIR) and become part of the SIR network [2].

Personnel

The following personnel were deployed from the Public Works Department and engaged on the Villupuram-Dharmavaram Railway survey and construction

References

  1. " 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
  2. Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951", page 31
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 India Civil List 1890, page 40/41

Further Information

See South Indian Railway