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|route= Short lines around [[MadrasArakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]] |gauge1= Metre gauge3feet 6inch(1097mm)|gauge1details= opened 1865|gauge2= Broad Gauge(BG)|gauge2details= Converted to BG c.1870|gauge3= Metre Gauge (MG)|gauge3details= Converted to MG 1878

The ITC absorbed the [[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram '''Indian Tramway]] which opened in 1865, a 3Company'''6" gauge line converted to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]ITC) was formed in 1878 and undertaken by 1862 to build short Tramway lines around Madras, with a 20-year subsidy from the [[Carnatic RailwayGovernment of India]] but with no Guarantee.

==History==The ITC suffered losses constructed the ‘[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway]]’, a 3 feet 6 inches(1067mm) [[Rail_gauge#Unique_rail_Gauges|Rail Gauge line]] which "opened for traffic about 1 Aug 1865"<ref name= Surrender>[https://archive.org/stream/parliamentarypa212commgoog#page/n241/mode/1up “Parliamentary Papers Accounts and Papers Volume 15 of 37” Session 9 February to 21 August 1871 Pages 230-231 ‘Deed of Surrender between Indian Tramway Company and in 1870 went into liquidationSecretary of State’. <br>Also British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/8/11/876 ]; Retrieved 30 Mar 2018</ref>. <br>The lines were taken over by Tramway ran between the towns of [[Arkonam]] and [[Carnatic RailwayConjeeveram]] Company, a new company formed line length of 18.8miles (30.3km) <br>[[Arakkonam-Conjeevaram Tramway|''See separate page ‘Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway’ for the purposefurther information'']][[File:Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway.png|thumb|Arakkonam-Conjeeveram Tramway constructed by Indian Tramway Co.]]

In 1872The Record <ref name= Surrender/> shows that this was the only line constructed by the ITC, the Carnatic Railway merged except for a "provisional contract with the [[Great Southern of India Railway]]French Government for making a railway from Pondicheri".

In 1874, From 1 Jan 1868 there was a temporary Guarantee issued by the merged companies were renamed Government of India of 3% of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR)paid-up capital of £100,000.

== Records ==Refer to FIBIS Fact File The ITC suffered losses and on 20 Dec 1869 #4: “Research sources for Indian Railways, 1845-1947” - available from the [http://wwwwent into voluntary liquidation.fibis.org/store/fibis-books-and-publications/bff-0004-research-sources-for-indian-railways-1845-1947/ Fibis shop]. This Fact File contains invaluable advice on 'Researching ancestors in the UK records of Indian Railways' with particular reference to <br>The lines were taken over by the [[India Office RecordsCarnatic Railway|‘Carnatic Railway Company’ ]] (IOR) held at , a new company formed on 1 March 1870 for the purpose.<br>[[British LibraryCarnatic Railway|''See separate page ‘ Carnatic Railway Company’ for further information'']]

Unfortunately==Later History==In 1872, there are no ITC staff records held in the [[Carnatic Railway]] merged with the [[Great Southern of India Office RecordsRailway]] at . <br>In 1874, the merged companies were renamed the [[British LibrarySouth Indian Railway]](SIR).