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The '''Villupuram to Trichinopoly Traffic Investigation''' was undertaken in 1922 to determine the best alignment of a railway connecting [[Villupuram]] and [[Trichinopoly]] <ref name=IOR>IOR/V/27/722/28 “Report showing result of Traffic Investigation in regard of the best alignment of a railway connecting Villupuram and Trichinopoly” by Rao Sahib S. Krishnamachari (Acting District Traffic Superintendent, South Indian Railway, Trichinopoly) on purpose to ascertain the best alignment of a line connecting Villupuram and Trichinopoly (vide Railway Board's letter No. 995 P, dated the 15th August 1922)</ref>. | The '''Villupuram to Trichinopoly Traffic Investigation''' was undertaken in 1922 to determine the best alignment of a railway connecting [[Villupuram]] and [[Trichinopoly]] <ref name=IOR>IOR/V/27/722/28 “Report showing result of Traffic Investigation in regard of the best alignment of a railway connecting Villupuram and Trichinopoly” by Rao Sahib S. Krishnamachari (Acting District Traffic Superintendent, South Indian Railway, Trichinopoly) on purpose to ascertain the best alignment of a line connecting Villupuram and Trichinopoly (vide Railway Board's letter No. 995 P, dated the 15th August 1922)</ref>. | ||
Several alternative routes were examined and the final alighnment between [[Villupuram]] and [[Trichinopoly]], | Several alternative routes were examined and the final alighnment between [[Villupuram]] and [[Trichinopoly]], 108 miles(173km), opened in 1929 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) chord line of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR). '' See'' '''Final Route''' ''below for details'' | ||
[[File:Villupuram to Trichinopoly – Alternative routes surveyed.png|thumb| Villupuram to Trichinopoly -alternative routes surveyed]] | [[File:Villupuram to Trichinopoly – Alternative routes surveyed.png|thumb| Villupuram to Trichinopoly -alternative routes surveyed]] | ||