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The '''Tanjore District Board Railway''' was the first District Board Railway. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway was worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
[[File:Tanjore District Board Railway.png|thumb|Tanjore District Board Railway]] 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 [[MutupetMuttupet]] in 1894 (54 miles); the line was further extended reaching [[ArantanjiArantAngi]] in 1903 (100 miles). Further extensions and branches were planned but postponed due to the war.
<ref name=name>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#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 13 Feb 2016</ref>
==Further Information==
See '''[[South Indian Railway]]'''
and '''[[South Indian Railway - Lines Owned and Worked]]'''
== References ==
