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[[File:Map of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway lines.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of the Madras and South Mahratta Railway lines]]<br />
The '''Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway''' was a railway company that operated in southern [[India]]. It was founded on 1 January 1908 by merging the [[Madras Railway]] and the [[Southern Mahratta Railway]].<ref>{{cite book| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=d-4sgbfdutMC&q=Madras+Railway+merger&pg=PA755 |title =Railways|work=The Cambridge Economic History of India, Vol 2, page 755 |year =2005| publisher= Orient Longmans Private Limited|isbn =9788125027317| access-date = 2013-02-13 }}</ref><ref >{{cite web| url = http://indianrlys.wordpress.com/tag/royapuram-railway-station/ |title =Third oldest railway station in country set to turn 156 |publisher=Indian Railways Turn Around News | access-date = 2013-02-13 }}</ref><br />
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[[File:Beypore Railway Station, Chaliyam.jpg|thumb|left|Beypore Railway Station at Chaliyam, Malabar District, which, for a short period, was the western terminus of [[Madras Railway]] ]]<br />
Initially, its headquarters was at [[Royapuram Railway Station|Royapuram]] in [[Madras]] but was later shifted to a newly constructed building at [[Chennai Egmore|Egmore]], which was inaugurated on 11 December 1922. On 1 April 1944, its management was taken over directly by the [[Government of India]].<ref name="IR_HistoricalBackground">{{cite web| url=http://www.indianrailways.gov.in/financecode/ADMIN_FINANCE/AdminFinanceCh1_Data.htm| title=Chapter 1 - Evolution of Indian Railways-Historical Background| publisher=Ministry of Railways website}}</ref> On 14 April 1951, the Madras and South Mahratta Railway, the [[South Indian Railway]] and the [[Mysore State Railway]] were merged to form the [[Southern Railway (India)|Southern Railway]], one of the 16 zones of the [[Indian Railways]].<ref name="IR_HistoricalBackground"/><br />
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