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The '''Pondicherry Railway''' was a short metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch line of 8 miles (13km) which connected the French enclave of [[Pondicherry]] with the rest of British India at the Gingee River bridge where it met the [[ChinnababusamudramSouth Indian Railway]]branchline. It The railway was operated by the [[South Indian Railway]].<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n152/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 144]; Retrieved 10 Feb 22 Jun 2016</ref> The construction of the railway by the ‘Pondicheri Railway Company‘ ''(see note)'' under the supervision of the [[South Indian Railway]] commenced in 1878 simultaneously with the SIR [[Pondicherry Branch (SIR)| Pondicherry Branch]] so when opened in 1879 connected [[Pondicherry]] to the SIR mainline at [[Villupuram]]. The line was maintained and worked by the SIR under the management of the SIR Agent which had remained at the original [[Negapatam]]. The joint Agent finally moved to [[Trichinopoly]] in 1880 <ref> Southern Railway Heritage Centre "Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951", pages 15-19 </ref>.  ''Note – Pondicheri spelling was used when the Company was established. The spelling soon changed to Pondicherry.''