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Detail of Katpadi section transfer
|timeline2details= Renamed [[South Indian Railway]]
|timeline3date= 1908
|timeline3details= [[Jalarpet]] to [[Mangalore]] transferred from [[Madras Railway]]. [[Katpadi]] section transferred to [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]].
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In 1872, the Carnatic Railway merged with the [[Great Southern of India Railway]]. In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the [[South Indian Railway]]. During the 1870s the existing broad gauge lines were converted to metre gauge.
Ownership of the SIR and other lines passed to the Government of India (GoI) on 31 December 1890 and a new company was formed to work the system so created under contract; this contract was extended in 1909. The year previously (1908), the [[Jalarpet]] to [[Mangalore]] broad gauge section had been transferred to the SIR from the [[Madras Railway]]. In turn, the [[Katpadi]] section was relinquished and became part of the newly formed [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]].
On 1 April 1944, the GoI took over direct control of the SIR.
