South Indian Railway Company

South Indian Railway Company
South Indian Railway map in 1910
Overview
HeadquartersYork Street, Westminster, London, UKGBI (R. O.)
Trichinopoly, Madras Presidency, British Raj (Operations)
Reporting markSIR
LocaleMadras Presidency
Dates of operation1 July 1874 (1874-07-01)–13 April 1951 (1951-04-13)
(76 years, 9 months and 13 days)
PredecessorGreat Southern Railway of India
Carnatic Railway
SuccessorSouthern Railway zone
Technical
Previous gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)

The South Indian Railway Company was a rail company that operated in South India from 1874 to 1951. It was labeled as a Class I railway according to Indian Railway Classification System of 1926.[1][2]

History

The Great Southern of India Railway Company was established with its headquarters in England in 1853. The Carnatic Railway Company was founded in 1869.[3] The two companies merged in 1874 to form the South Indian Railway Company.[4] The new firm was registered in London in 1890 with Trichinopoly as its headquarters. In 1891, the Pondicherry Railway Company (incorporated in 1845[3]) merged with the South Indian Railway Company. Chennai Egmore became the company's terminus in Madras by the 1880s. An increase in traffic led to plans for the construction of a full-fledged terminus in the early 1900s.[5][6] The company operated a suburban electric train service from May 1931 onwards.[7] The South Indian Railway Company was nationalized in 1944. On 1 April 1951, the South Indian Railway Company, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway Company and the Mysore Railway Company were merged to form the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways.[8][9]

Rolling stock

In 1877, the company owned 97 steam locomotives, 366 coaches and 1643 goods wagons.[10] By 1936, the rolling stock had increased to 557 locomotives, 27 railcars, 1610 coaches and 9779 freight wagons.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Indian Railway Classification". Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. ^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. pp. 210–219.
  3. ^ a b "Indian Tramway Limited". Herepath's Railway and Commercial Journal. 32 (1595): 3. 1 January 1870.
  4. ^ Report on the Administration of the Madras Presidency During the Year 1875-76. Government Press. 1877. p. 260.
  5. ^ V, Sriram (25 November 2014). "Chennai Landmark – The Egmore Station". Madras Musings. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  6. ^ Muthiah, S. (27 October 2012) [19 September 2010]. "Whither this National Library?". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 June 2019.
  7. ^ Hinson, John. "Madras Egmore: South Indian Railway". The Signal Box. Archived from the original on 18 April 2002. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  8. ^ Overview of Indian Railways (PDF) (Report). National Academy of Indian Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  9. ^ Zones and divisions of Indian Railways (PDF) (Report). Indian Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 March 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  10. ^ Archiv für Post und Telegraphie, Band 7 (in German). Reichsdruckerei, Berlin. 1879. pp. 62–63.
  11. ^ World Survey of Foreign Railways. Transportation Division, Bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Washington D.C. 1936. p. 219.

Further reading

  • South Indian Railway Company (2004) [1st pub. (1926) Madras: Offices of the SIRC]. Illustrated guide to the South Indian Railway (Incorporated in England): including the Tanjore District Board, Pondicherry, Peralam-Karaikkal, Travancore State, Cochin State, Coimbatore District Board, Tinnevelly-Tiruchendur, and the Nilgiri Railways. New Delhi: Asian Educational Services. ISBN 8-120-61889-0.
  • South Indian Railway Company (2015) [1st pub. (1900) Madras: Higginbotham & Co]. The Illustrated Guide to the South Indian Railway. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1-445-65081-4.
  • Subramhanyan, S (2010). Marvels of the South Indian Railway: 1859 - 1951. Tiruchchirappalli: Railway Heritage Centre, Southern Railway, Tiruchchirappally Division. ISBN 978-8-192-146607-.
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