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The Jolarpettai–Shoranur line connects Jolarpettai, on the Chennai Central-Bangalore City line in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and Shoranur in Kerala. There are several branch lines: Salem-Dharmapuri-Hosur-Yeshvantapur, Salem-Mettur Dam and Irugur/Podanur-Coimbatore-Mettupalayem connecting to Udhagamandalam (Ooty) via Nilgiri Mountain Railway. This network links the railway network in Kerala to the networks in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, and subsequently other states. ==History== The first train service in southern India and the third in India was operated by Madras Railway from Royapuram / Veyasarapady to Wallajah Road (Arcot) in 1856. Madras Railway extended its trunk route to Beypur / Kadalundi (near Calicut) in 1861 The long wide metre gauge Salem-Bangalore line was opened in 1969.〔(【引用サイトリンク】IR History: Part IV – 1947-1970 )〕 It was converted to wide broad gauge in 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】IR History: Part VI – 1995-1999 )〕 The Podanur-Mettuapalayam line was opened to traffic in 1873. The UNESCO heritage track, Nilgiri Mountain Railway was opened in two stages. The Mettupalayam-Coonoor section was opened in 1899 and it was extended up to Udhagamandalam (Ooty) in 1908.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Mettupalam-Udhagamandalam (Ooty) Train )〕 The long railway rises from at Mettuapalaym to at Udhagamandalam.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Mettuapalayam )〕 Two wide narrow gauge famine protective lines were opened in the early years of the twentieth century. The long Tirupattur-Krishnagiri line was opened in 1905 and the long Morappur-Dharmapuri line was opened in 1906 and extended to Hosur - long . The Hosur-Dharmapuri line was decommissioned in 1941 and other two lines were closed around 1945.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Salem District (1916) )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】Chronology of Railways in India, Part 3 (1900-1947) )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jolarpettai–Shoranur line」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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