![]() Kerala governmentĪs well as Local bodies can take initiative to collaborate with Southern Road users due to the closure of railway gates in Olavakkode, Robbinson roadĪnd Yakkara road as well as the gate at Oottara in the Kollengode –Ĭhittur/Palakkad road) near the Kollengode railway station. Resumed in the Palakkad – pollachi section, there will be some impediments to Phase of the Palakkad – Dindigul B.G conversion. The conversion work in the pending stretch of The project had very much overrun time and cost and of course patience of – Pollachi- Palakkad section had to be finished on or before 31st March, 2013! As per the scheduled programme, the gauge conversion work in Palani Palani, Madurai, Rameswaram, Thiruchchi (Trichy), Nagore, and Velankkanni in ![]() Mangalore, Palakkad and Pondicherry, Karaikkal as well as temple towns like It feasible to operate express trains between Ernakulam, Guruvayur, The BG track) as promised by the Southern Railway. ![]() On the commissioning of the rail section for resumption of train services (in Region condemned the slow pace of project development and they had apprehensions ![]() T he 6thĪnniversary of the closure of PGT - Pollachi MG section was on 10th December, 2014Īnd the conversion project was very much behind the schedule. The Counsel for Railways said that it would take 143 more minutes of running time.Long years to convert the MG line to BG! Cessation of MG trains for gaugeĬonversion was on 10th December,2008. He said that if the trains are diverted through the alternate route from Palakkad to Podanur via Pollachi was 97.68 km long and also a single line. The `A` line was 48.26 km long, and the `B` line was 52.56 km, and both were electrified. Ramkumar also said that it was not feasible or possible to divert the trains during night hours and added that there were two lines between Palakkad and Podanur via the Walayar Ghats. He informed the court that reducing the speed of trains below the least permissible limit may endanger the safety of passengers who are travelling, especially at night hours. Sathish Kumar on Thursday and informed that at present trains in the Palakkad-Podanur route is travelling at a speed of 45 kmph and it is not possible to further reduce the speed due to a gradient. The counsel for the Railways, P.T Ramkumar, appeared before a division bench of the court comprising Justices V. Several elephants had lost their lives in the track during earlier days also after being hit by trains, and hence the Tamil Nadu government had moved the Madras High Court to direct Railways to reduce the speed of trains at night under 45 kmph.Īlso read: Delhi Metro’s Green, Pink and Violet lines experience delay in services due to tech glitch The railway officials and forest officials of Tamil Nadu were on a confrontation path following the incident. Recently, three elephants, including a calf, were killed after a speeding train hit them in the Walayar sector between Palakkad and Podanur. The Southern Railway has informed the Madras High Court that it is not practicable to restrict train speeds between Palakkad and Podanur to less than 45 kmph in order to avoid hitting elephants. ![]() The Railways told the court that diverting some trains on the Palakkad-Pollachi-Coimbatore track to avoid injuring elephants is not viable. ![]()
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