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There is no evidence that this The MG line was constructed by finally opened in Feb 1923 as a metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) branch of the [[Southern Indian Railway]](SIR.)<ref>”Marvels of the South Indian Railway 1859-1951” by Southern Railway, Chennai, July 2010 page 276</ref>
However in 1926 the following is recorded "Messers. Parry and Company’s light Railway runs from At [[Tiruchendur]] to [[Tissianvilai]] touching there was an interchange 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 19 Dec 2017</ref>. It must be assumed that the railway was completed by '[[Parry and Company]]' as a private line ''No further information has been found'' Note: '[[Parry and Company]]' were a long established trading company with diverse business interests including shipping and insurance as well as in the sugar and fertilizer industries . It Kulasekharapatnam Tissainvillai Light Railway| ‘Tiruchendur-Tissianvilai Light Railway’ which was one an extension of India's largest [[Managing_Agencies|Managing Agents]] and had offices in 16 towns in the [[Madras Presidency]] as well as [[Calcutta]], [[Bombay]] and [[Rangoon]]. [[Parry and Company| ‘Kulasekharapatnam Tissianvillai Light Railway’ - ''See see separate page for more infomation'']]
Complete Revision with map and clarification that it was a SIR line
[[File: Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway.png|thumb| Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur Railway]]
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]]
<ref>[http://indpaedia.com/ind/index.php/Tiruchendur "Imperial Gazetteer of India, 1908" Vol 23; page 373]; Retrieved 14 Dec 2015</ref>.
<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n160/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 152]; Retrieved 14 Feb 2016</ref>
== References ==
[[Category:Railways]]
[[Category:Private State Railways]]
