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The '{{Line Railways Infobox|image= Madras Central Station.jpg|caption= ''Madras Central RailwayStation''' was |route= [[Madras]] to [[Mangalore]]<br>[[Madras]] to [[Raichur]]<br>[[Madras]] to [[Waltair]]<br>branch from [[Jalarpet]] to [[Bangalore]]|gauge1= Broad gauge|gauge1details= 904 miles (1905)|gauge2= Broad gauge|gauge2details= 497 miles (1905) - North East line|gauge3= |gauge3details= |gauge4= |gauge4details=|timeline1date= 1845|timeline1details= Company formed in 1845 although its first |timeline2date= 1856|timeline2details= First section of line, from open to traffic|timeline3date= |timeline3details=|timeline4date= |timeline4details= |timeline5date= 1907|timeline5details= Line acquired by State|presidency= [[Madras]] to |stations= [[ArcotBezwada]], was not opened to traffic until 1 July 1856. In 1859[[Calicut]], its object was given as "the construction and working of a railway from Madras to the western coast at [[BeyporeCoimbatore]], with branches to [[BangaloreErode]] and the , [[Neilgherries; also of a line from MadrasGuntakal]], ''via'' [[BellaryNellore]], to join the line from [[BombayRajahmundry]] - total, about 820 miles."1[[Renigunta]]|system1date= |system1details= Worked by Madras Railway|system2date=|system2details= |system3date=|system3details= }}
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|timeline5details= Merged with [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] to form [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]
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|headquarters= [[Madras]]
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|stations= [[Bezwada]], [[Calicut]], [[Cochin]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Erode]], [[Guntakal]], [[Nellore]], [[Ootacamund]], [[Rajahmundry]], [[Renigunta]]
|system1date= 1951
|system1details= Southern Railway {IR zone)
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|gauge1= Broad gauge
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The '''Madras Railway''' was formed in 1845 although its first section of line, from [[Madras]] to [[Arcot]], was not opened to traffic until 1 July 1856. In 1859, its object was given as "the construction and working of a railway from Madras to the western coast at [[Beypore]], with branches to [[Bangalore]] and the [[Neilgherries]]; also of a line from Madras, ''via'' [[Bellary]], to join the line from [[Bombay]] - total, about 820 miles."1 == Characteristics History ==
Headquartered in Madras, whence its lines radiated, the Madras Railway was built to [[broad guage]]. It was the last [[guaranteed railway]] to fall to Government ownership (31 December 1907). In 1908, it merged with the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] to form the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] (MSMR). The Government took over the management of the MSMR on 1 April 1944. On 14 April 1951, MSMR together with the [[South Indian Railway]] and the [[Mysore State Railway]] became the Southern Railway of Indian Railways.
