Mettupalayam Station set to link Rameswaram, Mangalore, Madurai and Kannur from August, Vande Bharat train extension on the anvil

In fulfilment of long-felt request of travelling public, Southern Railway has projected to the Railway Board operating caller bid services from Mettupalayam to Southern districts successful Tamil Nadu, and distant destinations successful Kerala and Karnataka aft completion of infrastructure works by July.

The Southern Railway has, citing the value of Mettupalayam Station arsenic important owing to its determination connected the foothills of the Nilgiris, a sought-after tourism destination for visitors from crossed the country, projected caller connectivity to Rameswaram, Mangalore, Madurai, and Kannur, with stoppage astatine Podanur Station.

The Southern Railway has besides factored successful the gait of urbanisation of the agelong from Coimbatore City to Mettupalayam for instauration of the caller bid services.