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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 21 Jun 2016</ref>
The line linked the SIR network in India at [[Madura]] by way of the '''[[Pamban Viaduct]]''' with the Island of [[Pambam]], from where there was a ferry connection to [[Ceylon]].
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.
