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== History ==
Following the opening of the [[Madras Railway]] broad gauge line from [[Madras]] to [[Calicut]] in 1862, a 26 mile, broad gauge branch from [[Podanur]] to [[Mettupalaiyam]] was opened to traffic in 1873 and plans discussed to extend this into the [[Nilgiri hills Hills]] - the "Blue Mountains".
In 1885, the '''Nilgiri Railway Company''' was formed with construction beginning in 1891. Initially, it was intended to adopt the ''Rigi'' rack system but eventually the ''Abt'' rack system was chosen. In 1896, a new company was formed with a guarantee (3% return during the construction period) from the Government of India (GoI) following the failure of the 1885 company.
In due course, the NMR became part of '''Southern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
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