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'SIR System Metre Gauge' link added
In 1899 the first section, from [[Mettupalaiyam]] to [[Coonoor]] (including 12 miles of rack), was opened to working by the [[Madras Railway]]. In 1903 the GoI purchased the line and contracted its working to the [[Madras Railway]].
When the [[Madras Railway]] was merged into the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] in 1907, the NMR contract was awarded to the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR). The railway was included as part of the [[South_Indian_Railway_-_Lines_Owned_and_Worked#SIR System Metre Gauge|'SIR System Metre Gauge']]. Construction of the extension from [[Coonoor]] to [[Ootacamund]] was completed by the GoI [[Public Works Department]] in 1908, [[Robert Richard Gales]] was the Engineer-in-Chief on the project <ref>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/1922_Who's_Who_In_Engineering:_Name_G Grace's Guide "Who's Who 1922 - Gales R R"]; Retrieved 18 Jul 2016</ref>.
In due course, the NMR became part of '''Southern Railway''', a zone of Indian Railways.
