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'''Vriddhachalam-Cuddalore Railway'''
also recorded as the '''Cuddalore-Vriddhachalam Railway''', 35 miles(56km), opened 1928 by [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) from Cuddalore to Vriddhachalam
<ref name=Hist196>[https://ia801605.us.archive.org/30/items/in.ernet.dli.2015.36650/2015.36650.India-Railway-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.pdf US Archive .org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by ‘The Government of India - Railway Department’ pages 196-197, pdf 239-240]; Retrieved 2 Oct 2020</ref>
The ownershipline from Cuddalore Old Town to Wharf, date of opening and 1½ Miles(2.4km), which had opened 1899, listed in the details of operation of 1918 Report was probably absorbed into this railway have not been confirmed. An article written in "The Hindu" in 2004 line <refname=Hist192>[httphttps://wwwia801605.us.thehinduarchive.comorg/mp30/2004items/12/18/stories/2004121800560100in.ernet.dli.2015.htm The Hindu Newspaper "Chugging into the past" Saturday, Dec 18, 2004] Retrieved on Jan 2016<36650/ref> states 'the railway line from Madras to Tuticorin, covering a distance of 444 miles, was laid way back in 1880 by the erstwhile South Indian Railway Company during the British Raj2015.' Both [[Vriddhachalam]] and [[Cuddalore]] are on the main SIR line between [[Tuticorin]] ( today called Thoothukudi) and [[Madras]] (Chennai)36650. So this would support the conclusion that the VriddhachalamIndia-Cuddalore Railway was constructed by SIR c-Board-History-Of-Indian-Railways-Constructed-And-In-Progress.1880pdf US Archive . The railway was worked org pdf download of ‘History Of Indian Railways, constructed and in progress’, 31 March 1937 by [[South Indian ‘The Government of India - RailwayDepartment’ pages 192-194, pdf 233-237]](SIR) in 1933; Retrieved 2 Oct 2020</ref name=name/>
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