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Villupuram-Nellore Railway

The Villupuram-Nellore Railway is referred to in some documents but was a route and not a railway as such

The route from Villupuram to Nellore was a metre gauge(MG) track of miles(133km). The route from Villupuram was via Katpadi, Pakala, Rirupati, [Renigunta]] and Gudur and on to Nellore [Renigunta]], Gudur to Nellor was worked by South Indian Railway(SIR) as a north-south route avoiding Madras.

The line comprised a number of sections:-

  • The 'Villipuram-Katpadi Section' was part of the 'Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway'. This was a State Railway from Villupuram and opened in stages from Nov 1890, reaching Katpadi in Mar 1891[1]. The operation of this Section remained part of the SIR network after re-organisation on 1 Jan 1908 (see below).
  • The 'Katpadi-Pakala' Section' continued northward from Katpadi reaching Pakala in Mar 1891 Cite error: Invalid parameter in <ref> tag. The operation of this Section was transferred from SIR to the newly formed 'Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway'(M&SMR) after 1 Jan 1908 (see below).


  • The 'Pakala-Gudur' Section'. The line from Pakala to Tirupatar opened in 1891 where it joined the Tirupatar - Renigunta- Gudur line that had been opened in 1887<ref name=Admin 86>
  • The 'Gudur-Nelore' Section'


On 1 Jan 1908 the Government re-allocated a number of lines. The newly formed 'Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway'(M&SMR) was given the lines north of Katpadi which had previously been worked by the SIR.
As a consequence the ‘Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway’ ceased to exist and the line divided:-


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