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The '''Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway''' was a 19 mile (30km) metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) line linking the former Danish settlement of [[Tranquebar]]+ with [[Mayavaram]]+ where it connected with the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) mainline MG Network.<br>The line was under construction in May 1926 <ref>[https:British Library ‘India Office Records’ L/F/7/books.google.co.uk2595 "Terms for incorporating of certain District Board Lines” </books?id=MOhiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT190&lpg=PT190&dq=Tranquebar+Railway&source=bl&ots=ZjcHFDRsz5&sig=loyXGTPSW-ro9xONngxWolT98UY&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidpJiLyfzJAhVBwQ4KHcUVD704ChDoAQgbMAA#v=onepage&q=Tranquebar%20Railway&f=false “The Illustrated Guide to ref> and opened on 25 Nov 1926 <ref>”Marvels of the South Indian Railway” Railway 1859-1951” by the South Indian Southern Railway Company Ltd , first published by HiggenbottomChennai, Madras 1900]; Retrieved 28 Dec 2015July 2010 page 276</ref>and was a owned by [[Tanjore District Board]] and worked by the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR)

The line [[File: Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway.png|thumb| Mayavaram-Tranquebar Railway]]Until the railway opened in 1902 and ran 1926 passengers to [[Tranquebar]] were required to use the [[Karaikkal-Peralam Railway]] to the Porear Road+ Station to the south north of French town of [[Karaikkal]]. Then to use “road conveyance to Tranquebar; , 7 miles distant (North) on good metalled roads. Jutkas and bullock-carts can be had at the line closed in 1999.station” <ref>[httphttps://wwwbooks.google.thehinduco.comuk/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/line-between-mayiladuthurai-and-tharangambadi-must-be-revived-bjp/article2833714.ece "The Hindu Newspaper" 26 January 2012books?id=MOhiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT188&lpg#v=onepage&q&f=false “The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway” by the South Indian Railway Company Ltd , first published by Higgenbottom, Madras 1900, pdf page 188 referring to the French town of Karaikkal (Karaikal) ]; Retrieved 28 Dec 20153 Jun 2019</ref>.

==Later History==+ Tranquebar The metre gauge line closed in 1999 and it was proposed to convert to broad gauge. The Hindu Newspaper report is now called of 2012 gives the date of opening of the ‘Mayiladuthurai-Tharangambadi + Railway’ (the modern names for the towns of Mayavaram and Tranquebar ) as 1902 <ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/line-between-mayiladuthurai-and-tharangambadi-must-be-revived-bjp/article2833714.ece ‘The Hindu Newspaper’ 26 January 2012]; Retrieved 3 Jun 2019</ref>. ''This date is now called Mayiladuthurai + Porear Road not correct''; 1926 as referenced is now called Poravar Road correct.