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This contract was determined on On 1 April 1944 and , the GoI assumed took over direct controlof the SIR.
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|route= [[Jalarpet]] to [[Mangalore]]
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 1123 miles (1905)
|timeline2date= 1874
|timeline2details= Renamed [[South Indian Railway]]
|timeline3date=1908|timeline3details= [[Jalarpet]] to [[Mangalore]] transferred from [[Madras Railway]]
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In 1872, the Carnatic Railway merged with the [[Great Southern of India Railway]]. In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the [[South Indian Railway]]. During the 1870s the existing broad gauge lines were converted to metre gauge.
Ownership of the SIR and other lines passed to the Government of India (GoI) on 31 December 1890 and a new company was formed to work the system so created under contract. The ; this contract was extended in 1909. The year previously (1908), the [[Jalarpet]] to [[Mangalore]] broad gauge section had been transferred to the SIR from the [[Madras Railway]].
In 1951, the SIR became a constituent part of '''Southern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
