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Teni Junction railway station was inaugurated in 1909 as a Light railway line (610mm), later that line was closed due to World War I in 1915. Later Bodinayakkanur railway station was inaugurated together with the Madurai–Bodinayakkanur 90 km branch line in 20 November 1928 () as narrow-gauge railway (762mm) by the Madras Provincial revenue member Norman Marjoribanks. [4]
The Chennai Central–Bodinayakanur AC Superfast Express is a AC Superfast express train connecting Chennai and Bodinayakanur which lies in Southern Railway zone of Tamil Nadu State in India. This train has been extended up to Bodinayakanur via Teni after the gauge conversion of this route was completed. From 15, June 2023 it made its first run ...
31-11-2012 - First MEMU service on Kollam-Kanyakumari route flagged off [11] 2013: Inauguration of Karur - Salem line. 01-12-2013 Inauguration of Kollam MEMU Shed [12] 09-01-2015: Palani - Pollachi train service starts; 16-11-2015: Pollachi - Palghat train service starts; 2016: Electric traction between Shoranur - Cheruvathur completed
Chennai Suburban Railway is the commuter rail system in the city of Chennai, operated by the Southern Railways. The system operates four lines with a track length of 1,174.21 km (729.62 mi), of which 509.71 km (316.72 mi) are dedicated dual tracks for EMUs.
Theni railway station was inaugurated on 1909 as a light railway line (610mm), later that line was closed due to World War I in 1915. Later Teni railway station was inaugurated together with the Madurai–Bodinayakanur 90 km branch line on 20 November 1928 as narrow-gauge railway (762mm) by the Madras Provincial revenue member Norman Marjoribanks. [7]
Now railways plans to reoperate this train to its very old route via chennai egmore, villupuram, mayiladuthurai, peralam, thirunallaru, karaikal, thiruvarur, thiruthuraipoondi, karaikudi after the gauge conversion completes on the peralam karaikal section in order not to eliminate and avoid any stoppages for this train. [9]
Bodinayakanur, a town in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, was fondly dubbed the 'Kashmir of the South,' by India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru. [1] Despite its modest size, the town has played a significant role in Tamil Nadu's political arena, having been the constituency for 16% of the reigning Chief Ministers of the state.
The maximum route km being in Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh with Odisha taking 3rd position. [4] The Kothavalasa–Kirandul section is classified as a Group E-special class line in which speed should be below 100 km/h.