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Website. Southern Railway. Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways. It is headquartered at Chennai and operates across the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and the union territory of Puducherry. The origin of the Southern Railway can be traced back to the Madras Railway formed in 1845.
Length. 3,566 kilometres (2,216 mi) Other. Website. www.swr.indianrailways.gov.in SWR Official Website. The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hubballi in Karnataka State. SWR was created from carving out the routes from Southern Railways, South Central Railways and Central Railways in 2003.
The Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System, commonly referred to as Chennai MRTS, is a metropolitan rail transit system in Chennai, India. 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 ...
Speed. Group B lines: up to 130 km/h (81 mph) Group A lines: up to 160 km/h (99 mph) Note. While this article may not list all railway lines of India, the most significant ones which have a dedicated Wikipedia article are listed here. The article's regional sections are divided according to India's zonal councils.
Top speed. 100 km/h (62 mph) Chennai Suburban Railway Network. 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.
Madurai railway division is a railway division belonging to the Southern Railways (SR), India. Officially created in 1956, it spans over 1,356 km (843 mi) making it the largest railway division of the Southern Railways. [1] Prior to the formation of the Thiruvananthapuram railway division which was carved out of the division, it was one of the ...
Shoranur Junction railway station. Shoranur Junction (station code: SRR [3]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Palakkad railway division of Southern Railway zone. [4] It is the railway station located at Shoranur, Palakkad District, Kerala. It comes under the Palakkad Railway Division of the Southern Railway.
[1] [2] Built for the first time in India in reinforced concrete in classical and Dravidian styles, the building was designed by N. Grayson, a 'company architect', working for the Madras & Southern Mahratta Railway. [3] It took nine years and over ₹ 3 million to complete the building and was inaugurated on 11 December 1922.