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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" Vol 23; page 373]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>
The line was sanctioned for construction in July 1915 to run from [[Tinnevelly]] to [[Tiruchendur]], a length of 38 miles (60km); the work that was in progress was "stopped owing to the abnormal conditions on account of the war."
<ref>[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 152]; Retrieved 21 Dec 2015</ref>
There is no evidence that this MG line was constructed.
In 1926 the following is recorded ‘Messers"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>
