Kulasekharapatnam Tissainvillai Light Railway

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the Kulasekharapatnam Tissainvillai Light Railwaywas established linking the sugar growing area of Tissianvilai (modern day Tisaiyanvilai) to Kulasekharapatnam at extreme end southern tip of India. [1]

Unassisted private 2ft 6in/762mm narrow gauge(NG) line to the KPM Sugar factory and to Kulasekharapatnam Port. It first carried goods in 1915-16 [2]

The line was originally constructed for the sole use of the East Indian Distilleries and Sugar Factories Ltd of Madras; its mainenance and use for public use was authorised on 14 June 1914. [3]

The line was still operating in 1933 as indicated in Bradshaw's Guide Timetable for 1933. [4]

References

  1. ↑ Wikipedia "Kulasekharapatnam"; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015
  2. ↑ Digital South East Asia Library "Statistical abstract relating to British India from 1910-11 to 1919-20. No. 127.— Quantity of Goods and Minerals Conveyed by the several Railway Systems in India; in thousands of Tons"; Retrieved 12 Dec 2015
  3. ↑ " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 249; Retrieved 8 Feb 2016
  4. ↑ IRFCA "Bradshaw 1933 Timetable"; reproduced by Chris Pietruski, IRFCA Indian Railways Fan Club; Retrieved 8 Feb 2016
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