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Southern Railway was created on 14 April 1951 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State Railway and became the first railway zone created in newly formed India. Southern Railway maintains about 5,081 km (3,157 mi) of railway lines and operates 727 ...
Chennai Central–Bangalore City: Southern and South Western Railway: 1864 358 km (222 mi) 130 km/h (81 mph) 1992 [149] Chennai Egmore–Thanjavur † Southern Railway: 1880 351 km (218 mi) 110 km/h (68 mph) 2010 [150] Coimbatore–Pollachi † Southern Railway: 1915 40 km (25 mi) 100 km/h (62 mph) 2010 [151] Coimbatore–Mettupalayam †
Kollam–Thiruvananthapuram trunk line is a railway line in Southern Railway zone connecting the cities of Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram in the state of Kerala, India. The line was opened on 4 January 1918 as the extension of Madras–Quilon line during metre gauge era.
Chennai railway division is a railway division of the Southern Railway (SR), India covering the districts of Northern Tamil Nadu and southern Andhra Pradesh. Chennai Division was formed on 31-Aug-1956 .
Thiruvananthapuram railway division has the credit of building and maintaining highest number of passenger terminals in any railway division within southern railway. [citation needed] Passenger terminals are operational at Alappuzha, Ernakulam Jn, Thiruvananthapuram Central, Kollam Jn, Nagercoil Jn, Kanyakumari and Kochuveli.
It is operated by Southern Railway of the state-owned Indian Railways. Opened in 1995, it was the first elevated railway line in India. The railway line runs from Chennai Beach to Velachery, covering a distance of 19.34 km (12.02 mi) with 18 stations and is integrated with the wider Chennai suburban railway network.
The first train service in southern India and the third in India was operated by Madras Railway from Royapuram / Veyasarapady to Wallajah Road (Arcot) in 1856. Madras Railway extended its trunk route to Beypur / Kadalundi (near Calicut) in 1861. Madras Railway connected Bangalore Cantonment to Jolarpettai on
The Chennai Suburban Railway is a commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, operated by the Southern Railways branch of Indian Railways.It is the second largest suburban rail network in terms of route length and the third largest in terms of commuters in India.