Suramangalam-Salem Railway
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The Suramangalam-Salem Railway was sanctioned for construction by the South Indian Railway Company (SIR) on behalf of the District Board of Salem in March 1915. The short broad gauge(BG) line linking Suramangalam to Salem was 3.9 miles(6.3 Km) in length. [1]
The line opened 1917-18 and was worked by South Indian Railway(SIR) as part of its network. [2]
This short line converted into mixed gauge by addition of a MG rail in 1931, the MG line being part of the ‘Salem-Vriddhachalam Railway’[3]
Further Information
See South Indian Railway
and SIR Lines Owned and Worked
References
- ↑ "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 137; Retrieved 13 Feb 2016
- ↑ "Indian Railway Mileage 1910-17" Spreadsheet available at dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/1910_excel/1910.125.XLS
- ↑ 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