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Madurai Divsional Railway Manager Om Prakash Meena unfurled the nationalist emblem during the 77th Republic Day celebrations held astatine Madurai Division connected Monday.
He took salute of the parade presented by Railway Protection Force unit and students connected the occasion.
Addressing railwaymen, Mr. Om Prakash said that Madurai Division achieved 12% summation successful its full net upto December 2025 and it stood astatine ₹1,026 crore, implicit the corresponding play of the erstwhile year. Passenger gross stood astatine ₹658 crore, goods gross astatine ₹296 crore, portion sundry gross accrued to ₹27 crore, registering a maturation of 35%.
The part had served 36.8 cardinal passengers during the twelvemonth up to December 2025. It had operated 22,648 Mail/Express trains astatine 97.05% punctuality upto December 2025 and 15,619 rider trains achieving 98.49% punctuality, securing the 2nd presumption successful punctuality crossed Indian Railways.
A full of 895 Train-on-Demand peculiar trains were besides operated during the play from April to December 2025.
The Division has carried retired implicit way renewal implicit 63 km, heavy screening of 118 km of plain way and 82 points and crossings, and eliminated 3 level-crossing gates by providing subways upto to December 2025 to fortify information and reliability, the DRM said.
Station redevelopment works were underway successful Madurai and Rameswaram. Out of 17 Amrit Bharat stations, works astatine Karaikudi, Sholavandan, Srivilliputtur and Manapparai person been completed and are acceptable for inauguration, portion the remaining stations are scheduled for completion by May 2026. The part besides achieved 100% electrification with the commissioning of the Ramanathapuram–Rameswaram section.
Madurai Division ranked archetypal among each divisions of Indian Railways successful freight bid velocity upto December 2025, achieving an mean velocity of 39.58 kmph, the DRM said. The Division handled 2.61 cardinal tonnes of freight till December 2025, which is 21.48% higher implicit the erstwhile year. This was imaginable by gait remodelling and double-line commissioning.
The Republic Day programme concluded with a colourful taste programme by Railway schoolhouse students.
A amusement by RPF dogs stole the show.
Additional Divisional Railway Manager L. N. Rao, Chief Project Manager (Gati Shakti) K. Hari Kumar, officers and unit of Madurai Division were present.
