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Madras Railway, the Glossary

Index Madras Railway

Madras Railway (Madras Railway Company) was one of the railway companies operating rail services in British India.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 28 relations: Arcot, Tamil Nadu, Bangalore Cantonment railway station, Beypore, Chennai, Chinnamalai, Chintadripet, East Coast State Railway, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, Howrah–Chennai main line, India, Jolarpettai, Kalyan, Kochi, Kolar Gold Fields, Kolkata, Kozhikode, Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, Mumbai, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Presidencies and provinces of British India, Raichur, Rail transport, Railway track, Shoranur, Southern Mahratta Railway, The New Indian Express, The Times of India, Vijayawada.

  2. 1845 establishments in British India
  3. 1908 disestablishments in India
  4. History of Chennai
  5. Railway companies disestablished in 1908
  6. Railway companies established in 1845

Arcot, Tamil Nadu

Arcot (natively spelt as Ārkāḍu) is a town and urban area of Ranipet district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Bangalore Cantonment railway station

Bengaluru Cantonment railway station, also known as Bangalore Cantonment railway station (station code: BNC) is one of the four important railway stations serving the city of Bangalore and it is located in the locality of Vasanth Nagar and adjoins Fraser Town, Benson Town and Shivajinagar.

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Beypore

Beypore or Beypur (formerly Beypoor) is an ancient port town and a locality town in Kozhikode district in the state of Kerala, India.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chinnamalai

Chinnamalai, translated in English as Little Mount, is a hillock that lies on the bank of Adayar River in the Saidapet taluk of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Chintadripet

Chintadripet (originally Chinna Thari Pettai) is a locality in Chennai, in India.

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East Coast State Railway

The East Coast State Railway was a railway company operating in India. Madras Railway and East Coast State Railway are Defunct railway companies of India.

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Great Indian Peninsula Railway

The Great Indian Peninsula Railway (reporting mark GIPR) was a predecessor of the Central Railway (and by extension, the current state-owned Indian Railways), whose headquarters was at the Boree Bunder in Mumbai (later, the Victoria Terminus and presently the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus). Madras Railway and Great Indian Peninsula Railway are Defunct railway companies of India.

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Howrah–Chennai main line

The Howrah–Chennai main line is a railway line connecting Chennai and Kolkata cutting across Eastern Coastal Plains of India.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Jolarpettai

Jolarpettai is a railway town in Tirupattur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Kalyan

Kalyan (Pronunciation: kəljaːɳ) is a city on the banks of Ulhas River in Thane district of Maharashtra state in Konkan division.

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Kochi

Kochi, also known by its former name Cochin, is a major port city along the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea.

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Kolar Gold Fields

Kolar Gold Fields (K.G.F.) is a mining region in K.G.F. taluk (township), Kolar district, Karnataka, India.

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Kolkata

Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Kozhikode

Kozhikode, also known in English as Calicut, is a city along the Malabar Coast in the state of Kerala in India.

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Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway was a railway company that operated in southern India. Madras Railway and Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway are Defunct railway companies of India.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Nilgiri Mountain Railway

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (NMR) is a railway in Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu, India, built by the British in 1908.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.

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Raichur

Raichur (formerly Raichore) is a city and municipality in the district of Raichur in the Indian state of Karnataka.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Railway track

A railway track (British English and UIC terminology) or railroad track (American English), also known as a train track or permanent way (often "perway" in Australia), is the structure on a railway or railroad consisting of the rails, fasteners, railroad ties (sleepers, British English) and ballast (or slab track), plus the underlying subgrade.

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Shoranur

Shoranur is a town and a municipality located in the Palakkad district, in the Indian state of Kerala, located on the banks of the Bharathapuzha River.

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Southern Mahratta Railway

Southern Mahratta Railway (SMR) was a railway company in British India founded in 1882. Madras Railway and Southern Mahratta Railway are 1908 disestablishments in India, Defunct railway companies of India and railway companies disestablished in 1908.

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The New Indian Express

The New Indian Express is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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Vijayawada

Vijayawada(), popularly known by its colonial name Bezawada, is the second largest city and commercial hub in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.

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See also

1845 establishments in British India

1908 disestablishments in India

History of Chennai

Railway companies disestablished in 1908

Railway companies established in 1845

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Railway

Also known as Madras Railway Act 1853, Madras Railway Act 1855, Madras Railway Annuities Act 1908, Madras Railway Annuities Act 1922, Madras Railway Company, Madras Railway Company Act 1854.