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The '''Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway''' was first proposed in 1908 to be a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line from [[Tinnevelly]] to the pilgrimage site at [[Tiruchendur]] and to be constructed by the District Board.
<ref>[http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Tiruchendur] "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908 and " Vol 23; page 373]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
There is no evidence that this MG line was constructed.
In 1926 the following is recorded ‘Messers. Parry and Company’s light Railway runs from Tiruchendur to Tissianvilai touching the port of Kulasekarapatnam, which has shipping connection with Colombo and Tuticorin.’
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=SzWvq8EYBwUC&pg=PA133&hl=fr&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false]"llustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway – 1926"; page 133]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
Parry and Co were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping.
<ref>[https://books.google.fr/books?id=8WNEcgMr11kC&pg=PA169&lpg=PA169&dq=Messrs+Parry+and+Company&source=bl&ots=0kZ5weXQL1&sig=laVy5QXRoYB4rRFnumdt4PuuTOA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi5pber5snJAhUCzxoKHb41AuoQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Messrs%20Parry%20and%20Company&f=false] "Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources " by Arnold Wright page 166]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
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