Notwithstanding the inauguration of the caller Pamban span connecting Mandapam connected the mainland and Rameswaram connected Pamban land successful April and the consequent statutory inspection of the 52-km electrified line, Karnataka does not person a azygous nonstop bid to Rameswaram, 1 of the 12 Jyotirlinga Peethas of India.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2.07 km-long caller Pamban bridge, consisting of 100 spans, including the 72-m vertical cardinal lifting section, connected April 6.
Southern Railway’s Principal Chief Electrical Engineer Ganesh conducted the statutory inspection of the electrified 52-km agelong betwixt Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram stations successful Madurai part connected September 13. He besides successfully conducted a high-speed proceedings tally betwixt the 2 stations.
The November 13 statutory inspection by Southern Railway’s Principal Chief Electrical Engineer Ganesh besides included a high-speed proceedings connected the 52-km electrical traction betwixt Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram successful Madurai division. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
The Mangaluru Central–Rameswaram Bi-weekly Express was approved by the Railway Board and notified arsenic aboriginal arsenic March 2024. While bid operations to Rameswaram successful Madurai part remained suspended from December 2022 pursuing unsafe information of the aged Pamban bridge, the Southern Railway did not commencement the caller work astatine all. There was nary connection connected commencing the services adjacent aft inauguration of the caller bridge, according to Yogendra Swamy from Mysuru Grahaka Parishat.
On the different hand, Train No. 07355/56 SSS Hubballi-Ramanathapuram-SSS Hubballi Weekly Special, introduced successful 2022, continues to terminate astatine Ramanathapuram alternatively of moving up to Rameswaram.
Train No. 06237/38 Mysuru-Ramanathapuram-Mysuru Weekly Special (going via Bengaluru), continues to run lone till Ramanathapuram, helium added.
Mr. Swamy, a obstruction activist, said non-availability of services betwixt Karnataka and Rameswaram was not a lawsuit of pending construction. The span was complete; the proposals and approvals exist, yet the services person not commenced. He said portion the Railways was speedy to present a regular work betwixt Tambaram-Chennai and Rameswaram upon the opening of the caller bridge, passengers from Mangaluru, Mysuru and Hubballi proceed to beryllium connected connecting trains.
Southern Railway’s Principal Chief Electrical Engineer Ganesh and his squad conducted the statutory inspection of the electrified 52-km enactment betwixt Ramanathapuram and Rameswaram stations successful Madurai division, including the New Pamban span betwixt Mandapam and Rameswaram, on September 13, 2025. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT
Pashchima Karavali Railway Yatri Abhivriddhi Samithi President G. Hanumanth Kamath noted that portion radical successful coastal Karnataka were blessed implicit the announcement of Mangaluru-Rameswaram bi-weekly express, its non-introduction adjacent aft a twelvemonth has disappointed them.
Mr. Swamy said until trains really run, approvals and announcements would stay small much than words connected paper.
