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The [[Pamban Branch Railway]] was a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) single line completed in 1914 by the [[South Indian Railway]] Company(SIR).
<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamban_Bridge Wikipedia "Pamban_Bridge"]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>
The line linked the SIR network in India at [[Madurai]] with the Island of [[RameswaramPambam]], from where there was a ferry connection to [[Ceylon]]. Also described as the '''Madura-Pamban Railway''' in some records.
Also described as the '''Madura-Pamban Railway''' in some records, it was first surveyed by [[Ernest Ifill Shadbolt]] between the years of 1888 and 1893.. It involved the construction of the '''Pamban Viaduct''' across the submerged reef lying between the mainland of India and the Island of [[Panbam]](Rameswaram. ) <ref>[http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/imotp.1915.16223 Institution of Civil Engineers "Minutes of the Proceedings" Volume 199, Issue 1915, 01 January 1915 , pages 377 –387]; Retrieved 13 Dec 2015</ref>.
Prior to the construction of this line, traffic between India and Ceylon was carried via Tuticorin and Colombo, a route which line, which has necessitated a 12-hours' sea journey. This branch then became the main line, extended to [[Mandapam]], on the mainland of India.
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