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'''Indian Tramway Company''', formerly {{Line Railways Infobox|image=|caption= |route=[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]]; |gauge1= 3feet 6inch(1097mm)|gauge1details= opened 1865|gauge2= Broad Gauge(BG)|gauge2details= Converted to BG c.1870|gauge3= Metre Gauge (MG)|gauge3details= Converted to MG 1878|gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1862|timeline1details= Formed without guarantee|timeline2date= |timeline2details=|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= 1870|timeline5details= In liquidation and taken over by the<br>[[Carnatic Railway]]|presidency= [[Madras]]|stations= |system1date=|system1details= |system2date= |system2details= |system3date= |system3details= |auxillary forces=}}
Failed in 1870 and taken over by Carniatic Rly (qv) merged finally SIR(qv)
{{Work-The '''Indian Tramway Company''' (ITC) was formed in1862 to build short Tramway lines around Madras, with a 20-Progress-Rly}}year subsidy from the [[Government of India]] but with no Guarantee.
[[Category:Railways]]
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The ITC constructed the ‘[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]]’, a 3 feet 6 inches(1067mm) [[Rail_gauge#Unique_rail_Gauges|Rail Gauge line]] which "opened for traffic about 1 Aug 1865"
<ref name= Surrender>[https://archive.org/stream/parliamentarypa212commgoog#page/n241/mode/1up “Parliamentary Papers Accounts and Papers Volume 51 of 37” Session 9 February to 21 August 1871 Pages 230-231]; Retrieved 14 Nov 2018 <br>''and'' <br>British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/11/876 "Indian Tramway Company, Duplicate deed of surrender of existing railway and determining existing contract Secretary of State"</ref>
The Tramway ran between the towns of [[Arkonam]] and [[Conjeeveram]], a line length of 18.8miles (30.3km)
[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway|''See separate page '''‘Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway’''' ''for further information'']]
[[File:Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway.png|thumb|Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway constructed by Indian Tramway Co.]]
The Record <ref name= Surrender/> shows that this was the only line constructed by the ITC, except for a "provisional contract with the French Government for making a railway from Pondicheri".
From 1 Jan 1868 there was a temporary Guarantee issued by the Government of India of 3% of the paid-up capital of £100,000.
The ITC suffered losses and on 20 Dec 1869 went into voluntary liquidation.
<br>The lines were taken over by the [[Carnatic Railway|‘Carnatic Railway Company’ ]], a new company formed on 1 March 1870 for the purpose <ref name= Surrender/>, <ref>British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/11/876 </ref>.
[[Carnatic Railway|''See separate page'' '''‘Carnatic Railway Company’''' ''for further information'']]
==Later History==
In 1872, the [[Carnatic Railway]] merged with the [[Great Southern of India Railway]].
<br>In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private Railways]]
[[Category:Guaranteed Railways]]
[[Category:Tramways]]
