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The Rameswaram (Boat Mail) Express, previously known as the Boat Mail or Indo-Ceylon Express, is an express train that connects Mandapam with the state capital Chennai via Tambaram, Chengalpet, Melmaruvattur, Viluppuram, Cuddalore port, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Mayiladuthurai, Tanjore, Tiruchchirappalli, Pudukkottai, Karaikudi, Sivagangai, Manamadurai and Ramanathapuram.
16751/16752 Boat Mail Express. Route map. Sethu Superfast Express, is a Superfast train route of the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and runs between Chennai Egmore and Rameswaram via Chord line. It is a standard train consisting of 23 coaches. The train covers a distance of 603 km (375 mi) with an average speed of 69 km/h (43 mph).
1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in) Operating speed. 51 km/h (32 mph), including halts. Route map. The 22535 / 22536 Rameswaram–Manduadih Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways – North Eastern Railway zone that runs between Rameswaram and Banaras in India. It operates as train number 22535 from Rameswaram to Banaras and as train number ...
The rail bridge is, for the most part, a conventional bridge resting on concrete piers but has a double-leaf bascule section midway, which can be raised to let ships and barges pass through. The Pamban bridge was the only surface transport link that connected Rameswaram to the mainland India till 1988 when a road bridge was constructed parallel ...
Dhanushkodi is an abandoned town at the south-eastern tip of Pamban Island of the state of Tamil Nadu in India. [ 1] It is south-east of Pamban and is about 24 kilometres (15 mi) west of Talaimannar in Sri Lanka. The town was destroyed during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone and remains uninhabited in the aftermath.
The Boat Mail was a major service on the line, allowing passengers to board a ferry to Rameshwaram in India. Passengers could use the Boat Mail service to travel between Colombo and Chennai. The ferry service to connect the railheads at Talaimannar and Dhanushkodi lasted until the 1960s, when a cyclone destroyed the pier and rail line at ...
Rameswaram railway terminus (station code: RMM [ 1]) is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. [ 2] It serves the town of Rameswaram, located in Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [ 3] The station links the pilgrim town as well as the rest of the island to the ...
Nilgiri Mountain Railway working under Southern Railway zone, Chennai and also it is UNESCO World Heritage site. 1845 Madras Railway Company was launched. 1853 Madras Railway Company, registered in Chennai began work. 1856 First passenger rail service began in Royapuram - Walajapet (Walaja Road) route. Perambur loco workshop set up in Vaughan.