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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).
Opened 1914It 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>
{{WorkPrior 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-in-Progress-Rly}}hours' sea journey. This branch then became the main line, extended to [[Mandapam]], on the mainland of India. == References ==<references />
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The line linked the SIR(qv) branchline between network in India and with the Island of [[Rameswaram]], [[Ceylon]].
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[[Category:State Railways]]
[[Category:Foreign Railways]]
