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[[File: Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway.png|thumb| Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]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 The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) for the Tinnevelly District Board. The line was to run from [[Tinnevelly]] to [[Tiruchendur]], a length of 38 miles (60km); the work that this MG line was constructedin progress was "stopped owing to the abnormal conditions on account of the war."<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n160/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>

In 1926 The MG line was finally opened in Feb 1923 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the following is recorded ‘Messers. Parry and Company’s light '[[South Indian Railway runs from Tiruchendur to Tissianvilai touching the port of Kulasekarapatnam, which has shipping connection with Colombo and Tuticorin.’]]'(SIR)<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 ”Marvels of the South Indian Railway – 1926; 1859-1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 133276</ref>

Parry and Co were a long established trading company At [[Tiruchendur]] there was an interchange the with diverse business interests including shipping. <ref>the [[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=falseKulasekharapatnam Tissainvillai Light Railway| ‘Tiruchendur-Tissianvilai Light Railway’ which was an extension of the ‘Kulasekharapatnam Tissianvillai Light Railway’ - ''see separate page'' ]] Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources by Arnold Wright page 166</ref>

==Further Information==See ''No further information has been found' [[South Indian Railway]] '''<br>and '''[[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR System Metre Gauge|SIR System Metre Gauge]]'''

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