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‘[[Salem-Vriddhachalam Railway]]’, 86 miles(138km), opened 1931 from Salem to Vriddhachalam . The first 3.9miles(6.3km) from Salem Junction to Salem Town had opened in 1917 and described as the ‘[[Suramangalam-Salem Railway]]’, owned by the Salem District Board as a BG line and converted to mixed gauge (MG and BG) in 1931.Part of the ‘[[South Indian Railway]] ‘SIR Metre Gauge’
<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>
