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== Unfortunately, there are no ITC staff records held in the [[India Office Records ==]] at the [[British Library]].
Unfortunately, there are no ITC staff records held in the [[India Office Records]] at the [[British Library]].== References ==<references />
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The ITC absorbed the [[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]] which opened in 1865, a 3'6" gauge line converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) in 1878 and undertaken by [[Carnatic Railway]]
==History==
The ITC suffered losses and in 1870 went into liquidation. The lines were taken over by the [[Carnatic Railway]] Company, a new company formed for the purpose.
In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
== Records ==
Refer to FIBIS Fact File #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://www.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to the [[India Office Records]] (IOR) held at the [[British Library]]
An on-line search of the IOR records relating to this railway
<ref>[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 “British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue” - Search]; Retrieved 23 Jan 2016</ref>
gives the following: -
*'''L /F/8/11/876 ''' “Indian Tramway Company, Duplicate deed of surrender of existing railway and determining existing contract; 1870”
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[[Category:Tramways]]
