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The '''Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway''' (TQR) was divided into a British section (a state line worked by a company) and a section owned and worked by an Indian State. | The '''Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway''' (TQR) was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway divided into a British section (a state line worked by a company) and a section owned and worked by an Indian State. | ||
The British Section from [[Tinnevelly]] to [[Kallidaikurichi]], 19 miles(30km) opened in 1902 and extended to the British Frontier near [[Shencottah]], a further 31 miles(50km) in 1908. The line was worked by [[South Indian Railway]](SIR). | |||
<ref name=name>[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 148-150 ]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref> | |||
The Native (Indian) State Section from [[Quillon]] to [[Punalur]], 28 miles(44km) opened in June 1904 and extended to the [[Travancore State]] frontier near [[Shencottah]], a further 30 miles(48km) later that year. This section is also known as '''Travancore Railway'''<ref name=name/> | |||
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Revision as of 10:38, 21 December 2015
The Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway (TQR) was a metre gauge(MG) railway divided into a British section (a state line worked by a company) and a section owned and worked by an Indian State.
The British Section from Tinnevelly to Kallidaikurichi, 19 miles(30km) opened in 1902 and extended to the British Frontier near Shencottah, a further 31 miles(50km) in 1908. The line was worked by South Indian Railway(SIR). [1]
The Native (Indian) State Section from Quillon to Punalur, 28 miles(44km) opened in June 1904 and extended to the Travancore State frontier near Shencottah, a further 30 miles(48km) later that year. This section is also known as Travancore Railway[1]