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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 [[Mutupet]] in 1894 (54 miles); the line was further extended reaching [[Arantanji]] in 1903 (100 miles). Further extensions and branches were planned but postponed due to the war.
<refname=name>[https://ia801009.us.archive.org/8/items/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System.pdf " Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 146]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>
The Tanjore District Board Railway became the pattern of District Board Railways and was shortly followed by the Kistna District Board which opened the [[Bezwada-Masulipatam Railway]] in 1908.
Later followed by [[Podanur-Pollachi Railway]](Coimbature D.B); [[Tenali-Repalle Railway]] (Guntur D.B.).The '''Tanjore District Board Railway''' was the first District Board Railway, opened in 1900 and was worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR).
<ref name=name>[http://archive.org/stream/roorkeetreatiseo030592mbp/roorkeetreatiseo030592mbp_djvu.txt Archive.org "Roorkee Treatise On Civil Engineering" Section IX. Chapter 1 Section 15]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
Also the '''[[Nidamangalam-Mannargudi Railway]]''' was opened by the Tanjore District Board in 1915; a 8 mile (12km) extension known as the [[Mannargudi]] branch.<ref name=name/>.
