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On 1 Jan 1908 the ‘Jalarpet-Mangalore Section’ of the ‘[[Madras Railway]]’ including the ‘[[Tirupattur-Krishnagiri Railway]]’, with the [[Morappur-Dharmapuri Railway| ‘Morappur-Dharmapuri Section’]] and the [[Nilgiri Mountain Railway| ‘Nilgiri Railway’]] were transferred to the ‘South Indian Railway Company’ .
<br>At the same time the ‘Katpadi-Dharmaram Section’ and the ‘Pakala-Gudur Section’ were handed over from the SIR to the M&SMR .
<br>At the same date , 1908, the SIR were given running powers “Running Powers “ over the [[Mysore-Bangalore Railway| ‘Madras-Bangalore Section’ ]] of the M&SMR.<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n145/mode/1up “Administration Report for Railways, 1918” page 136(pdf 145)]; Retrieved 21 Feb 2021</ref>. This arrangement lasted until 1919 when [[Mysore State]] successfully sought the reversion of the ‘[[Mysore-Bangalore Railway]]’
<br>Also the working of the ‘[[Shoranur-Cochin Railway|Shoranur-Cochin Indian State Railway]] was transferred to the SIR from the M&SMR
==South Indian Railway System==
The following is based on the “1937 History of Indian Railways”<ref name=HistA>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages 192-213, pdf 233-256]; Retrieved 8 Oct 2020</ref> , and also where extra information is available from the “1918 Administration Report on Railways” <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n115n145/mode/1up “Administration Report for Railways” Railways, 1918” pages 138-152 (pdf 144145-160)]; Retrieved 27 Sept 202021 Feb 2021</ref>
The SIR owned and operated an extensive network of railways of mixed gauge,. It was the description applied for the actual ‘SIR Proper’ lines which comprised both broad gauge ([[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|BG]]) and metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) lines plus a number of BG ane MG lines on behalf of other parties. In addition the SIR worked two narrow gauge([[Rail_gauge#Narrow_Gauge|NG]]) lines on behalf of other parties:-
The following is generally based on the “1937 History of Railways”<ref name=Hist196>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages 196-197, pdf 239-240]; Retrieved 2 Oct 2020</ref> and formed the ''actual'' ‘SIR Metre Gauge’ [[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]); other MG railways were worked by SIR ,these were individually listed but classified as the ‘SIR System Metre Gauge’
<br>''See separate pages for detailed information''
* ‘[[Madras-Dhanushkodi Mainline]]’, 425 miles(684km). opened from Madras to Dhanushkodi opened in stages[[Madras-Dhanushkodi Mainline|''- see separate page'']]. The metre gauge ([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) Mainline and Branches, developed from the ex-[[Great Southern of India Railway]](GISR) lines which were converted to MG and continued to be expanded over the years by SIR. From [[Madras]] the Mainline ran southwards via Chingleput, Villupuram , Cuddalore , Mayavaram, Tanjore , Trichinopoly, Madura to Manmadura to Mandapam, where it connected to the [[Pamban Branch Railway| ‘Pamban Railway’]] by way of the ‘[[Pamban Viaduct]]’ with the Island of [[Pambam]] to [[Dhanushkodi ]], from where there was a ferry connection to [[Ceylon]].
** ‘[[Arkonam Branch Line]]’, 39 miles(63km), opened 1880-81 from [[Chingleput]] to Conjaeeraram ; the Conjaeeraram th [[Arkonam]] section opened 1865 as a BG line and converted to MG in 1878
** [[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section| ‘Katpadi Branch Line’]], 99 miles(159km), opened 1890-91 from Villuparam to Katpadi. Originally part of the '[[Villupuram-Guntakal State Railway]]', from 1908 becoming the ‘[[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section]]’ final ly to become the [[Villupuram-Katpadi Railway Section| ‘Katpadi Branch Line’]]
** [[Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway | ‘Tranquebar Branch Line’]], 18 miles(29km), opened 1926 from Mayavaram to Tranquebar. Also described as the ‘[[Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway]]’
** ‘[[Mayavaram -Arantangi Railway]]’, 99 miles(159km), opened 1894 from Mayavaram Junction to Mutupet Railway. Originally a [[Tanjore District Board Railway|Tanjore Distriict Board]] line described as the ‘[[Mayavaram Mutupet Railway]]’, 53 miles(85km) and extended in 1902-03, a further 46 miles(74km) to [[Arantangi ]].
** [[Nidamangalam-Mannargudi Railway| ‘ Mannargudi Branch Line]]’, 8½ miles(14km), opened 1915 from Nidamangalam to Mannargudi. Originally a [[Tanjore District Board Railway|Tanjore Distriict Board]] line. ** ‘[[Tirutturaipundi -Point Calimere Railway]]’, 28 miles(45km), opened 1919 from Tirutturaipundi to Agastiyampalli, 23 miles(37km) and extended a further 5 miles(8km) to Point Calimere in 1930
** ‘[[Nagore Branch Line]]’, 53 miles(km), opened 1861 as a BG line from [[Tanjore]] to Nagapatam , and converted to MG in 1875, extended 1899 from Nagapatam to [Nagore]]
** ‘[[Trichinopoly-Tuticorin Railway]]’, 195 miles(314km) , from Trichinopoly to Tuticorin. The section from Trichinopoly Junction to Madura , 96 miles(154km) originally was part of the ‘MG Branch Line’, the section from [[Madura]] to [[Tuticorin]], 99 miles(158km) opened in 1876 and was named ‘[[Tuticorin Branch Line]]’
==Further Information==
See '''[[South Indian Railway|South Indian Railway Main Page]]''', and each separate Individual Page
== References ==
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[[Category:Railways]]
