Southern Railway zone

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Southern Railway (abbreviated SR) is one of the 19 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. It maintains about 5,081 km (3,157 mi) of railway lines and operates 727 railway stations. With effect from 1 October 2026, the Mangaluru railway area upto Ullal in Karnataka was transferred from Palakkad railway division of Southern railway zone to Mysore railway division of South Western Railway zone as per Railway Board notification dated 21 August 2026. The origin of the Southern Railway can be traced back to the mid-19th century. In 1835, the first railway track in India was constructed in Madras and became operational in 1837. The Madras Railway was formally established later in 1845. The Southern Railway was created on 14 April 1950 by merging three state railways, namely, the Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway Company, and the Mysore State...

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