Southern Railway came into existence on 14th April 1951 after the amalgamation of the three state railways namely Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway, the South Indian Railway, and the Mysore state railway. Southern Railway`s present network extends over a large area of India`s Southern Peninsula, covering the states of TamilNadu, Kerala, Pondicherry, and a small portion of Andhra Pradesh. Southern Railway serves these naturally plentiful and culturally rich southern states and extends from Mangalore on the west coast and Kanniyakumari in the south to Renigunta in the North West and Gudur in the North East.
Southern Railway is headquartered at Chennai and it comprises of six divisions, namely Chennai, Tiruchirapalli, Madurai, Palghat, Trivandrum and Salem. Southern Railway has total staff strength of around 1,05,111. Southern Railway is best known transport system all across south India.
