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The '''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway'''(M&SMR) was formed in 1908 from the merger of the [[Madras Railway]](MR) and the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR).
The '''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway'''(M&SMR) was formed in 1908 from the merger of the [[Madras Railway]](MR) and the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]](SMR).
<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 81 - 97]; Retrieved 19 Dec 2015</ref>


There were Workshops at [[Perambur]] for repairs to locomotives and coaches and wagons.  In Madras there was a separate Workshop for the locomotives and another Workshop for the carriages and wagons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114020145/http://dustymuffin.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/grandpas-story-part-v/ "Grandpa’s Story – Part V"]. The story (in 15 Parts) of Percy Morris who worked on the MSM 1925-1955</ref>
There were Workshops at [[Perambur]] for repairs to locomotives and coaches and wagons.  In Madras there was a separate Workshop for the locomotives and another Workshop for the carriages and wagons.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114020145/http://dustymuffin.wordpress.com/2007/09/18/grandpas-story-part-v/ "Grandpa’s Story – Part V"]. The story (in 15 Parts) of Percy Morris who worked on the MSM 1925-1955</ref>

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Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
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System timeline
1908 Formed from 2 exisitng systems
Constituent companies / lines
1908 Madras Railway
1908 Southern Mahratta Railway
Key locations
Headquarters Madras
Workshops
Major Stations
Successor system / organisation
1951 Southern Railway (IR zone)
System mileage
Broad gauge 1092 miles (1943)
Metre gauge 1712 miles (1943)
Associated auxiliary force
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Rifles
How to interpret this infobox

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) was formed in 1908 from the merger of the Madras Railway(MR) and the Southern Mahratta Railway(SMR). [1]

There were Workshops at Perambur for repairs to locomotives and coaches and wagons. In Madras there was a separate Workshop for the locomotives and another Workshop for the carriages and wagons.[2]

The last Europeans were recruited in 1926.[3]

Also see

History

Having taken the MR into state ownership and created the new system, the Government of India (GoI) immediately passed the working of the M&SMR to a private company of the same name.

The GoI took over direct control of the M&SMR on 1 April 1944.

On 14 April 1951, the M&SMR, the South Indian Railway(SIR) and the Mysore State Railway(MSR) merged together to become Southern Railway, a zone of Indian Railways.

Railways absorbed into M&SMR

Railway leased to M&SMR

Lines worked by M&SMR at some time

Records

There are no Staff agreements held at the British Library in the India Office Records.

External links

References