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"A railway to connect the beautiful hill stations of Coonoor and Ooty, to the plains was considered necessary. The idea was mooted way back in 1854, but work on this dream project began only in 1891 and was completed in 1908. A Swiss inventor named Riggenback offered to construct the Nilgiri railway on his patented Rigi pattern. But, his conditions could not be met and his proposal fell through. However, in 1882, he came to the Nilgiris on the invitation of the Government and submitted a detailed estimate for laying the line. A local company called "The Nilgiri Rigi Railway Co. Ltd." was formed. But it was 1886, before work finally commenced on the Rigi-system in metre gauge. Coonoor was the destination until 1899, and then the tracks were extended to Fernhill in 1908 and finally to Ooty a month later. The Madras Railway Company managed the railway line for the government."
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