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'''Madras-Tuticorin Mainline''' 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 Redirect [[Tuticorin Branch Line]] to [[Tuticorin]], a further 99 miles. ==Progress in SIR MG Mainline opening==[[File: Madras Railway Map 1909, south section.png|thumb| Madras Railway Map 1909, south section]] 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>. MG 'Madras-Tuticorin Mainline', with dates of opening:-*[[Madras]] via Chingleput Junction, [[Villupuram]] to [[Cuddalore]], 1876-77*[[Cuddalore]] via [[Porto Novo]], [[Chidambaram]], [[Coleroon]], [[Shiyali]], [[Mayavaram]] to [[Tanjore]], 1877-78*[[Tanjore]] to [[Trichinopoly]], 1862, converted to MG, 1875 ''(see Gauge Note)''*[[Trichinopoly]] to [[Madura]], 1875*[[Madura]] to [[Mandapam]] and [[Rameswaram]], 1902-1914 ''(see separate page [[Pamban Branch Railway]])''. ==SIR MG Branch Lines==''See separate pages for further information''*[[Tuticorin Branch Line]] from [[Madura]] to [[Tuticorin]]*[[Erode Branch Line]] from [[Trichinopoly]] to [[Erode]]*[[Arkonam Branch Line]] from [[Chingleput]] to [[Arkonam]]*[[Pondicherry Branch (SIR)|Pondicherry Branch Line]] from [[Villupuram]] to [[Pondicherry]]*[[Nagore Branch Line]] from [[Tanjore]] to [[Nagore]]*[[Pulliarpati Quarry Branch Line]] from [[Tanjore]]*[[Tinnevelly Branch Line]] from [[Maniyachi]] to [[Tinnevelly]]*[[Cuddalore Wharf Branch Line]] from [[Cuddalore]]*[[Capper Quarry Branch Line]] from [[Cuddalore]]*[[Livingopuram Salt Branch Line]] from Tuticorin*[[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]] from [[Villupuram]] to [[Katpadi]] ==Gauge Note==Part of this Dhanushkodi 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. 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. The BG line from [[Negapatam]] via [[Tanjore]] to [[Trichinopoly]] was converted to MG in 1875 ==Further Information== See '''[[South Indian Railway]]''' == References ==<references />
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