Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway
The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway was a railway company that operated in southern India.
1908 January 1st. Formed by merging the Madras Railway and the Southern Mahratta Railway.
A State owned, company operated railway[1]
Initially, its headquarters was at Royapuram in Madras.
1910 Madras and Southern Mahratta - Broad Gauge is 1,032 miles and Metre Gauge 1,514 Miles; Mysore Railway on Metre Gauge is 411 miles; Other railways worked by the company are 169 miles; Total is 3,126 miles. Officers - Rendel and Robertson, Consulting Engineers; A. R. Anderson, Agent in India; A. B. Strange (Madras) and A. J. Hudleston (Dharwar), Chief Engineers; L. R. H. Brook, Locomotive Superintendent; H. H. L. Prendergast, Telegraph Engineer.[2]
On 1 October 1919, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway company handed over to the Mysore Durbar the metre gauge sections of Bangalore-Mysore-Nanjangud and Birur-Shimoga of the line.
1922 Headquarters were moved to a newly constructed building at Egmore, which was inaugurated on 11 December 1922.
On 1 April 1944, its management was taken over directly by the Government of India.
On 14 April 1951, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway and the Mysore State Railway were merged to form the Southern Railway, one of the zones of the Indian Railways