South Indian Railway

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South Indian Railway
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Line of route
Jalarpet to Mangalore
Gauge / mileage
Metre gauge 1123 miles (1905)
Timeline
1872 Formed from merger of Carnatic Railway and Great Southern of India Railway
1874 Renamed South Indian Railway
1908 Jalarpet to Mangalore transferred from Madras Railway. Katpadi section transferred to Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.
Key locations
Presidency Madras
Stations Trichinopoly
System agency
Own agency
How to interpret this infobox
South Indian Railway

South Indian Railway device
System timeline
1891 SIR re-formed to work line now owned by State
1944 Management of system taken over by State
Constituent companies / lines
1891 South Indian Railway
Karaikkal-Peralam Railway
Pondicherry Railway
Tanjore District Board Railway
Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway
Key locations
Headquarters Trichinopoly
Workshops Golden Rock
Major Stations
Successor system / organisation
1951 Southern Railway (IR zone)
System mileage
Broad gauge 559 miles (1943)
Metre gauge 1353 miles (1905)
1483 miles (1943)
Associated auxiliary force
South Indian Railway Battalion
How to interpret this infobox

The South Indian Railway (SIR) was the new name applied in 1874 to the merged undertakings of the Carnatic Railway and the Great Southern of India Railway.


History

In 1872, the Carnatic Railway merged with the Great Southern of India Railway. In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the South Indian Railway. During the 1870s the existing broad gauge lines were converted to metre gauge. [1]

Ownership of the SIR and other lines passed to the Government of India(GoI) on 31 December 1890 and a new company was formed to work the system so created under contract; this contract was extended in 1909. [2]

The year previously (1908), the Jalarpet to Mangalore broad gauge section had been transferred to the SIR from the Madras Railway. In turn, the Katpadi section was relinquished and became part of the newly formed Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.

On 1 April 1944, the GoI took over direct control of the SIR.

In 1951, the SIR became a constituent part of Southern Railway, a zone of Indian Railways.

SIR Branch Lines and extensions

Railways absorbed into SIR

Lines worked by SIR at some time

Railways worked by MR at some time

Records

The following are held in the India Office Records at the British Library:

  • L/AG/46/18/1-4 : contracts of employment, 1891-1940 (index not complete).

The above is indexed in:

  • Z/L/AG/46 : Index to UK Appointments to Indian Railways, 1849-1925.

External Links

 
The engineering staff of the SIR worksheds in Trichinopoly in the 1920s.


References