Final location survey for doubling of Tiruchi-Manamadurai BG section to be conducted

A major portion of the Tiruchi-Manamadurai BG section falls under the limits of the Madurai Railway Division and passes through Tiruchi, Pudukottai, and Sivaganga districts.   | Photo Credit: B. VELANKANNI RAJ

The final location survey for doubling of the Tiruchi-Manamadurai broad gauge section via Pudukottai, Thirumayam, Karaikudi, and Sivaganga will be conducted soon.  The nearly 150-km electrified single line stretch is an important route to temple town of Rameswaram which attracts devotees from all over the country.

Railway sources said a tender had been floated by the Southern Railway Construction Organisation to identify an agency to conduct the final location survey for doubling the Tiruchi-Manamadurai stretch through which some inter-State express trains proceed to Rameswaram from different destinations in the north.

The proposed survey would be a detailed exercise as part of which geo-technical investigation would be done.  The final location survey would include preparation of a comprehensive detailed project report for the construction of a double line. Work relating to civil, signal, and telecommunication, electrical and operating also form part of the Final Location Survey.

A major portion of the Tiruchi-Manamadurai BG section falls under the limits of the Madurai Railway Division and passes through Tiruchi, Pudukottai, and Sivaganga districts.  The Final Location Survey is to be conducted for doubling the Madurai-Manamadurai-Rameswaram BG section.

The sources said the Tiruchi-Manamadurai section is key route to Rameswaram through which several trains are operated. The Ayodhya Cantonment-Rameswaram; Firozpur-Rameswaram Humsafar Express; Bhubaneswar-Rameswaram; Tirupati-Rameswaram; Banaras-Rameswaram; Puducherry-Kanniyakumari; Coimbatore-Rameswaram; Tambaram-Sengottai; Chennai Egmore-Rameswaram Silambu Express and the Chennai-Rameswaram Sethu Express are among the trains operated on the Tiruchi-Manamadurai route.

Published - June 17, 2025 06:21 pm IST