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'''Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway'''
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The '''Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway''' was first proposed by Pudukkottai Durbar in 1906 to connect [[Trichinopoly]] with [[Pudukkottai]] and [[Tondi]] on the east coast some 83 miles(133km) away.
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<ref>[http://www.irfca.org/docs/history/sir-trichinopoly.html] Trichinopoly", author F. R. Hemingway and published under the District Gazetteers series by the Government Press, Madras, 1907.      </ref>
  
Proposed by Pudukkottai Durbar, 1906; repeatedly considered; completed 1926 by SIR
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The project was  repeatedly considered and shelved. 
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<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</ref>
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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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<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pudukkottai_state] Wikipedia - Pudukkottai State</ref>
  
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== References ==
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Revision as of 14:22, 7 December 2015

The Trichinopoly-Pudukkottai Railway was 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]

References

  1. [1] Trichinopoly", author F. R. Hemingway and published under the District Gazetteers series by the Government Press, Madras, 1907.
  2. [2] Railways in India – GOI Administritive Report 1916-17
  3. [3] Wikipedia - Pudukkottai State