Madurai – Bodinayakkanur railway line

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Madurai – Bodinayakkanur
Madurai Junction Railway Station
Madurai Junction Railway Station
Route length: 88 km
Gauge : 1000 mm ( meter gauge )
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0 Madurai Junction 139 m
Stop, stop
 Nagamalai West
Stop, stop
 Vadapalanji
Stop, stop
 Chekkanoorani
   
 Valandur
Station, station
 Usilampatti 215 m
   
 Doddappanayakkanur
Station, station
 56 Andipatti 292 m
   
 Vallandhi Road
Station, station
 Theni 296 m
   
 Budipuram
End station - end of the line
 88 Bodinayakkanur 345 m

The Madurai – Bodinayakkanur railway is located in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu . It connects the metropolis of Madurai , a railway junction, with Bodinayakkanur on the border with the state of Kerala . Operators are the state-owned Indian railways .

The line was built from 1926 to 1928 by the South Indian Railway Company in meter gauge. On December 31, 2010 the traffic was stopped to convert the line to the Indian broad gauge of 1676 mm.

For passenger and freight traffic, a pair of trains last ran a day that took 3 hours and 40 minutes in each direction. The main load in freight transport was green cardamom from Bodinayakkanur.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ K. Raju: Passenger train operated for past 83 years given a farewell. The Hindu , January 1, 2011, accessed November 19, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Madurai-Bodi section to be closed on January 1. The Hindu, December 1, 2010, accessed November 19, 2011 (English).