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[[File:Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway.png|thumb|Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway constructed by Indian Tramway Co.]]
The records <ref name= Surrender>[https://archive.org/stream/parliamentarypa212commgoog#page/n241/mode/1up “Parliamentary Papers Accounts and Papers Volume 15 51 of 37” Session 9 February to 21 August 1871 Pages 230-231 ‘Deed of Surrender between Indian Tramway Company ]; Retrieved 14 Nov 2018 <br>''and Secretary of State’. '' <br>Also British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/11/876 ]; Retrieved 30 Mar 2018"Indian Tramway Company, Duplicate deed of surrender of existing railway and determining existing contract Secretary of State"</ref>. state:-
<br>The [[Indian Tramway Co.|'Indian Tramway Company']] constructed a light railway for the distance of 14 miles and 22 chains (14.275 miles/23km) commencing from the Arconum ‡ Station, along and upon one half of the Government road towards Conjeveram‡ , and the remainder of the railway being a distance of 4 miles and 43 chains (4.537 miles/7.3km), together with the stations, sidings, engine-houses, storehouses, and other buildings, made and constructed by, and at the cost of, the Company, upon land taken up by, and at the cost of, the Government, and made over to the Company free of charge.
