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In December 1950, the Central Advisory Committee for Railways approved the plan for Indian Railways into six zonal systems and the Southern Railway zone 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.
The Southern Railway Building in Washington, D.C., formerly located at Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street NW in the early 1900s An 1895 system map A 1921 system map. The pioneering South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company, Southern's earliest predecessor line and one of the first railroads in the United States, was chartered on December 19, 1827, and ran the nation's first regularly ...
Chennai railway division is one of the six railway divisions under the jurisdiction of Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways. [2] Chennai Division was formed on 31 August 1956 . Currently, it has a route length of over 697.93 km and track length of 1934.68 km. [ 3 ] Its administrative headquarters is in Chennai , which also happens to be ...
Hill, Elaina, Ohio and National Railway Company 2019–Present Hiltz, John P. Jr. , D&H 1967 Hines, Walker D. (1870–1934), ATSF 1916–17, USRA 1918–1919
Salem railway division; South Indian Railway Company; Southern Railway Headquarters, Chennai; T. Thiruvananthapuram railway division; Tiruchirappalli railway division
The Norfolk Southern Railway owns and operates A vast network of rail lines in the United States east of the Mississippi River. In addition to lines inherited from predecessor railroads, Norfolk and Western, and the Southern Railway, it acquired many lines as part of the split of the Conrail system in 1999. [1]
Norfolk Southern's predecessor railroads date to the early 19th century. The South Carolina Canal & Rail Road was the SOU's earliest predecessor line. Chartered in 1827, the South Carolina Canal & Rail Road Company became the first to offer regularly scheduled passenger train service with the inaugural run of the Best Friend of Charleston in 1830. [18]
Salem Railway Division is the newest division of the Southern Railway Zone of Indian Railways. It was carved out of the Palakkad railway division and Tiruchirappalli railway division. It was inaugurated on 14 November 2006 in the presence of Arjun Singh and the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi. [2]