Madurai To Theni Travel Time
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Tourists travelling from Tamil Nadu to the cool climbs of Munnar and Idukki in Kerala will soon have an alternative and faster route to reach the above destinations with the Southern Railway planning to operationalize the Theni-Bodinayakanur broad gauge line next month.
With the Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) giving his nod for the 15-km line connecting Theni with Bodinayakanur after inspecting the line, the Railway Board has also approved a proposal to extend the tri-weekly Chennai Central-Madurai air conditioned express till Bodinayakanur.
Rail traffic between Madurai and Bodinayyakannur was stopped in 2010 for converting the metre gauge line into broad gauge and the work was set to be completed in less than two years. However, it has taken over 11 years to relaunch train operations on the 75.3 km line between Madurai and Theni. The project cost Rs 500 crore.
The official said the tri-weekly Chennai-Madurai AC express via Salem will be extended to Bodinayakanur, in all probability, from February 19. The train is operated on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from Chennai and on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from Madurai as of now.
The 15-km stretch between Theni and Bodi will be covered in 9 minutes and a direct link between Chennai and Bodinayakanur via Madurai will be a boon to those travelling to Theni districts and tourists who visit Munnar and Idukki in Kerala.
The tourists take a train till Kochi and hit the road to Munnar or Idukki which takes at least 15 hours. However, the new line is likely to reduce the travel time by three hours. The train will reach Bodinayakanur in 10 hours and it will take another two to three hours to reach Munnar or Idukki from there, locals said.
With the new line, the travel time between Madurai and Bodinayakanur will reduce to 1.15 hour as against over two hours by road. The new broad gauge line will not just help office goers and regular travelers from Madurai to Theni but also people proceeding to tourist destinations.
While their dreams of rail connectivity seemed a far-fetched dream, they could now reach the railway station in the border village in an hour and travel comfortably to various destinations across the country.
Chennai, Madurai services to start with
Union Minister L Murugan flagged off the first train service to Chennai from Bodinayakkanur, which lies just 27 km away from the Idukki border village of Bodimettu. To start with, there will be three services a week to Chennai and daily services to Madurai.
The train operations through the section were stopped in 2010 to facilitate the broad-gauge conversion works. The services resumed on Thursday after the completion of the activities. The 75-km section between Madurai and Thani was completed first and Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the line on May 26 last year.
Train services from Chennai Central to Bodinayakanur will be operated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. The train will start from Chennai at 10.30 pm and reach the destination by 9.35 am the next day. Services in the return direction will be operated on Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday. The train will leave Bodinayakanur at 8.30 pm to reach Chennai by 7.55 am.
Will trains chug into the hilly terrains of Idukki?
Just 69 km separate the Bodinayakkanur railway station and Munnar Town in Kerala. Currently, the nearest railway station in Kerala to the famed hill station of south India is Kottayam, lying at a distance of 140 km.
For the people living in the high-range regions like Kumali, Nedumkandam, Kattappana, and Peerumedu, the resumption of train services from the village across the border provides better connectivity to Chennai and other major railway stations in the country via Bodinayakkanur. They can now travel comfortably in much less time to these destinations than by catching trains via Kottayam.
While it takes three hours to reach Kottayam from Kumily, one can travel to Theni in just an hour. The travel time to Theni from major high-range towns in Idukki is lesser than that taken to reach Kottayam or Ernakulam.
A big boost to trade
The trade sector in the Idukki region stands to benefit the most from the resumption of train services from Bodinayakkanur station. The movement of spices like Cardamom and Elam to markets in Tamil Nadu and the transportation of vegetables from the neighbouring state to Kerala will become much easier now. The student community from Kerala studying in Tamil Nadu too is elated by the development.
The footfalls to various tourist destinations in Idukki are expected to rise sharply in the coming days. The Sabarimala pilgrims and those travelling to holy places like Madhura, Velankanni, Rameswaram, Palani, and Tirupathi from the Idukki district too stand to benefit. The traders can widen their networks to various markets in Tamil Nadu.
Fresh hopes for extended rail connectivity
Bodinayakanur-Kumily
The residents of Idukki will hugely benefit if a new railway line is laid in the 50-km section from Bodinayakkanur to Lower Camp. The railways plan to extend the line to Sabarimala in the future. It even carried out a survey back in 1997 for a new rail route to Sabarimala from Dindigul via Kumily in Kerala. However, the expected profit percentage is just 2.26%, forcing the authorities to backtrack from the project.
Travel woes faced by tens of thousands of people from both states will be addressed if this line is linked to the Madurai-Bodinayakkanur section at Theni and a new line is laid till Lower Camp via Tevaram and Cumbum. The Sabarimala pilgrims stand to benefit the most.
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