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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 1123 miles (1905)
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|date1= 1872
|date1details= SIR formed from merger of [[Carnatic Railway]] and [[Great Southern of India Railway]]
|date2= 1874
|date2details= Renamed [[South Indian Railway]]
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|presidency= [[Madras]]
|stations= [[Trichinopoly]]
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{{System_Railways_Infobox
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|date1= 1891
|date1details= SIR re-formed to work line now owned by State
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|date5= 1944
|date5details= Management of system taken over by State
|company1= 1891
|company1details= [[South Indian Railway]]
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|company2details= [[Karaikkal-Peralam Railway]]
|company3=
|company3details= [[Pondicherry Railway]]
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|company4details= [[Tanjore District Board Railway]]
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|company5details= [[Tinnevelly-Quilon Railway]]
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|headquarters= [[Trichinopoly]]
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|successor2= 1951
|successor2details= Southern Railway (Indian Railways)
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|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 1353 miles (1905)
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|auxillary forces= [[South Indian Railway Battalion]]
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The '''South Indian Railway''' (SIR) was the new name applied in 1874 to the merged undetakings of the [[Carnatic Railway]] and the [[Great Southern of India Railway]].
