Madras, Higginbotham & Co. 1898. 1st Edition. Large oblong. Original publishers brown pictorial cloth with faded gilt design to the front board. Cloth has the odd faded spots. Internally fine and unmarked with 40 photo plates of the country and people of the route of the Madras Railway. Scarce.
Madras Railway (Madras Railway Company) was one of the railway companies operating rail services in British India.
In 1832, the proposal to construct the first railway line in India at Madras was made by the British. In 1835, the railway track was constructed between Little Mount and Chintadripet in Madras and became operational in 1837. Madras Railway was established later in 1845 and the construction on the first main line between Madras and Arcot started in 1853, which became operational in 1856. Its objective was to connect Madras on the east coast with the west coast and to link up with the line from Bombay.
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