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*[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Indian_Engineering_1000104477/187 March 12, '87. INDIAN ENGINEERING. p.133 (188)] | *[http://www.forgottenbooks.com/readbook_text/Indian_Engineering_1000104477/187 March 12, '87. INDIAN ENGINEERING. p.133 (188)] forgottenbooks.com | ||
*[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA452 Google Books - India List 1905 pages 451-452 for BULL, Charles Albert, M.I.C.E., late India Public Works Dept] | *[https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=b2NPAAAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&output=reader&hl=en_GB&pg=GBS.PA452 Google Books - India List 1905 pages 451-452 for BULL, Charles Albert, M.I.C.E., late India Public Works Dept] googlebooks | ||
*[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/railways.htm Railways worked on by F L Dibblee between 1856 and 1888] | *[http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/genealogy/dibblee/railways.htm Railways worked on by F L Dibblee between 1856 and 1888] | ||
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The Cuddapah-Nellore State Railway from Tirupati ( Ranigunta ) to Nellore was opened in 1887 thus linking Vijayawada and Chennai. This was worked by the South Indian Railway(SIR), who attempted to purchase that section from the State.
The line was further extended to Guntakal where, in 1887, a junction station was, being created for the joint use of the Madras Railway(MR), the Southern Mahratta Railway(SMR) and Bellary-Kistna State Railway.