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The Tanjore District Board raised funds for the construction of a railway 103 miles in length and the first section '''[[Mayavaram Mutupet Railway]]''' opened with a section from Mayavaram of 31 miles(50km) in 1890 and reaching [[Mutupet]] in 1894 (54 miles); the line was further extended reaching [[Arantanji]] in 1903 (100 miles). Further extensions and branches were planned but postponed due to the war.
<ref name=name>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/itemsstream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf #page/n154/mode/2up " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 146]; Retrieved 21 Dec 201513 Feb 2016</ref>
The Tanjore District Board Railway became the pattern of District Board Railways and was shortly followed by the Kistna District Board which opened the [[Bezwada-Masulipatam Railway]] in 1908.
Also the '''Nidamangalam-Mannargudi Railway''' was opened by the Tanjore District Board in 1915; a 8 mile (12km) extension known as the [[Mannargudi]] branch.<ref name=name/>.
==Further Information==
See '''[[South Indian Railway]]'''
== References ==
