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‘Major Stations Infobox ‘ revised
|headquarters= [[Madras]]
|workshop= [[Madras]], [[Perambur|Perambore]], Podanur <br>''See'' [[M&SMR Railway Workshops]]
|stations= '''[[Madras]] ''', [[Bezwada]], [[Bangalore]], [[Calicut]], [[Cochin]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Erode]], [[Guntakal]], [[Mangalore]], [[Nellore]], [[Ootacamund]], [[Rajahmundry]], [[Renigunta]]''See also separate page'' [[Madras_Railways_%26_Stations#Madras_Stations| ''' Madras Stations''']] ''for details''
|system1date= 1951
|system1details= [[Southern Railway]] {IR zone)
==First Company Formation==
The '''Madras Railway Company'''(MR) was incorporated on 8 May 1845 <ref>[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_rail_transport_in_India#1832%E2%80%931852:_Industrial_railways Wikipedia ‘History of Rail Transport in India’]; Retrieved 4 May 2020</ref> and the prospectus stated “the securing the introduction of the railway system into the territories under the presidency of Madras .... to depute to India a skilful engineer ...with two engineer officers ... to suggest some feasible line of moderate length as an experiment for railway communication in India”
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=6WhDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA639&lpg=PA639&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false Google Books ‘Allen's Indian Mail,’ 1845, page 639]; Retrieved 4 May 2020</ref>.
On 14 April 1951, M&SMR together with SIR and MSR became [[Southern Railway]], a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
==Madras Railway - Construction and Bridges==
[[Madras Railway Bridges and Constructions|'''Madras Railway Bridges and Constructions''' - ''see separate page for details '']]
==Madras Railway Lines==
'''[[Madras Railway – Lines owned and worked]]''' gives details of the Mainline routes together with Branches, the line lengths and dates of opening
*'BG Lines - owned and worked by Madras Railway(MR)'
**Madras-Jalapet SW Mainline (and Rayauram Royauram Branch Line; Ranipet Branch Line, Bangalore Branch Line)
**Arkonam-Raichur NW Mainline
**Madras-Waltair NE Mainline (and Samalkot Junction-Cocanada Branch Line; Waltair-Vizagapatam Branch Line)
