Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

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Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
Headquarters
India
ServicesRail transport

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway was a railway company that operated in southern India. It was founded on 1 January 1908 by merging the Madras Railway and the Southern Mahratta Railway.[1][2]

Initially, its headquarters was at

Southern Railway, one of the 16 zones of the Indian Railways.[3]

Rolling stock

In 1936 the company owned 663 locomotives, 1561 coaches and 15.092 goods wagons.[4]

Beypore Railway Station at Chaliyam, Malabar District, which, for a short period, was the western terminus of Madras Railway
Map of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway lines

Classification

It was labeled as a Class I railway according to

Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.[5][6]

See also

External links

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References

  1. ISBN 9788125027317. Retrieved 13 February 2013. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help
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  2. ^ "Third oldest railway station in country set to turn 156". Indian Railways Turn Around News. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background". Ministry of Railways website.
  4. ^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 216.
  5. ^ "Indian Railway Classification". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  6. ^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. pp. 210–219.
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