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|stations= [[Bezwada]], [[Calicut]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Erode]], [[Guntakal]], [[Nellore]], [[Rajahmundry]], [[Renigunta]]
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|system1details= Worked by Madras RailwayOwn agnecy
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|stations= [[Bezwada]], [[Bangalore]], [[Calicut]], [[Cochin]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Erode]], [[Guntakal]], [[Mangalore]], [[Nellore]], [[Ootacamund]], [[Rajahmundry]], [[Renigunta]]
|system1date= 1951
|system1details= [[Southern Railway ]] {IR zone)
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The '''Madras Railway''' was formed in 1845 although its first section of line, from [[Madras]] to [[Arcot]], was not opened to traffic until 1 July 1856. In 1859, its object was given as "the construction and working of a railway from Madras to the western coast at [[Beypore]], with branches to [[Bangalore]] and the [[Neilgherries]]; also of a line from Madras, ''via'' [[Bellary]], to join the line from [[Bombay]] - total, about 820 miles." (<sup>1)</sup>
== History ==
Headquartered in Madras, whence its lines radiated, the Madras Railway was built to [[broad guage]]. It was the last [[Guaranteed Railways|guaranteed railway]] to fall to Government of India (GoI) ownership (31 December 1907).
In 1908, the northern portion (ie the north east, north west and [[Bangalore]] branches) was merged with the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]] to form the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] (MSMR). The southern section of line ([[Jalarpet]] to [[Mangalore]]) became part of the [[South Indian Railway]].
The GoI took over the management of the MSMR on 1 April 1944.
On 14 April 1951, MSMR together with the [[South Indian Railway]] and the [[Mysore State Railway]] became the [[Southern Railway ]], a zone of [[Indian Railways]].
== Notes ==
<sup>1 </sup> "Money Market and City Intelligence", ''The Times'', Wednesday, 15 June 1859, #23333, 7a.
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