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| − | The 'Madras-Tuticorin Mainline' is the name of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) Mainline connecting [[Madras]] to the [[Pamban Branch Railway]] with a length of 460 miles(km). Included in the line is the [[Tuticorin Branch Line]] to [[Tuticorin]], a further 99 miles.
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| − | ==Progress in SIR MG Mainline opening==
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| − | [[File: Madras Railway Map 1909, south section.png|thumb| Madras Railway Map 1909, south section]]
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| − | The following is based on the “Administration Report on Railways 1918”<ref name=AdminSIR>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n147/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 138 (pdf 147)]; Retrieved 29 Jan 2018</ref> and the "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951"<ref> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951"; 'Events at a Glance' page 273-278</ref>.
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| − | MG 'Madras-Tuticorin Mainline', with dates of opening:-
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| − | *[[Madras]] via Chingleput Junction, [[Villupuram]] to [[Cuddalore]], 1876-77
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| − | *[[Cuddalore]] via [[Porto Novo]], [[Chidambaram]], [[Coleroon]], [[Shiyali]], [[Mayavaram]] to [[Tanjore]], 1877-78
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| − | *[[Tanjore]] to [[Trichinopoly]], 1862, converted to MG, 1875 ''(see Gauge Note)''
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| − | *[[Trichinopoly]] to [[Madura]], 1875
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| − | *[[Madura]] to [[Mandapam]] and [[Rameswaram]], 1902-1914 ''(see separate page [[Pamban Branch Railway]])''.
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| − | ==SIR MG Branch Lines==
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| − | ''See separate pages for further information''
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| − | *[[Tuticorin Branch Line]] from [[Madura]] to [[Tuticorin]]
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| − | *[[Erode Branch Line]] from [[Trichinopoly]] to [[Erode]]
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| − | *[[Arkonam Branch Line]] from [[Chingleput]] to [[Arkonam]]
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| − | *[[Pondicherry Branch (SIR)|Pondicherry Branch Line]] from [[Villupuram]] to [[Pondicherry]]
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| − | *[[Nagore Branch Line]] from [[Tanjore]] to [[Nagore]]
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| − | *[[Pulliarpati Quarry Branch Line]] from [[Tanjore]]
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| − | *[[Tinnevelly Branch Line]] from [[Maniyachi]] to [[Tinnevelly]]
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| − | *[[Cuddalore Wharf Branch Line]] from [[Cuddalore]]
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| − | *[[Capper Quarry Branch Line]] from [[Cuddalore]]
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| − | *[[Livingopuram Salt Branch Line]] from Tuticorin
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| − | *[[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]] from [[Villupuram]] to [[Katpadi]]
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| − | ==Gauge Note==
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| − | Part of this Mainline was originally built as broad gauge([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) by the [[Great Southern of India Railway]](GSIR) with the construction of a BG line from [[Negapatam]] via [[Tanjore]] and [[Trichinopoly]]; then planned onwards to [[Tuticorin]]. Construction of this line commenced in 1859 reaching [[Tanjore]], 1861 and [[Trichinopoly]], 1862.
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| − | In 1874 the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) was formed from merger of the [[Carnatic Railway]] and [[Great Southern of India Railway]]. It was decided that the SIR would use the metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) and this required the conversion of BG lines already constructed and in service.
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| − | The BG line from [[Negapatam]] via [[Tanjore]] to [[Trichinopoly]] was converted to MG in 1875
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| − | ==Further Information==
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| − | See '''[[South Indian Railway]]'''
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| − | == References ==
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