M&SMR Railway Workshops

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M&SMR Railway Workshops

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway(M&SMR) was formed in 1908 from the merging of the Madras Railway and the Southern Mahratta Railway. Two workshops were brought into the newly formed company from the Madras Railway and one from the Southern Mahratta Railway.


Madras Railway Workshop The workshop for the Madras Railway was located in Madras [1].


Perambur Railway Workshop
Perambur is situated about 7 km from Madras Central and was a station on the Madras Railway, which later became the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.
The rise of Perambur as a premier Anglo-Indian centre was mainly due to the location there of the Carriage Works and Loco Works and the huge Perambur Railway Colony popularly known as the Pananthope Railway Colony. [2] [3], [4], [5]


Dharwad Railway Workshop
In later years described as the Hubli Railway Workshops
Dharwad+ is situated about 15km from Hubli and was a station on the Southern Mahratta Railway, which later became the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway.

In 1880, the British started the Railway workshop at Dharwar and with this Hubli came to be reckoned as an industrial centre in this part of India. [6].

Note
+Dharwad, modern name Dharwar


Podanur Railway Workshop The Imperial Gazetteer of India states 'Podanur was the junction of the Nilgiri branch of the Madras Railway with the main line, and the site of cosiderable railway worshops' [7].

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