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] and was still operating in 1933. [3]

References

  1. [1] Wikipedia - Kulasekharapatnam
  2. [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.
  3. [3] IRFCA - Bradshaw 1933 Timetable