Increasing train services to distant destinations from Mettupalayam station hinges on completion of infrastructure works

Completion of infrastructure augmentation works astatine Mettupalayam Railway Station volition pave the mode for cognition of much fig of long-distance explicit trains, the Railways has stated.

In a reply to a petition submitted by S. Basha, coordinator, Namma Mettupalayam Social Welfare Committee, done CPGRAMS (Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System) portal, the Salem Railway Division has replied that the requests made for restoration of Mettupalayam-Shoranur (Kerala) bid service, and instauration of night-time long-distance bid services from Mettupalayam to Bengaluru, Kerala and different State would beryllium considered aft completion of infrastructure works successful the Mettupalayam Railway Station.

The Railways has undertaken OHE (overhead equipment) modification enactment for level hold astatine Mettupalayam.