FUTURE PROSPECTS UPON OPENING Broad Gauge CONVERTED PALAKKAD – POLLACHI RAILWAY SECTION ( Part- I)
Prospects for introduction of Chennai Egmore – Guruvayur and Palakkad overnight-trains; direct rail link between Central Tamil Nadu to West Coast cities – Goa, Mumbai etc via. Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Mangaloreand through Konkan Railway.
Happy to know that gauge conversion in the Palakkad – Kollengode – pollachi section is almost completed and waits for the formal inspection prior to the introduction of trains. This branch line is the part of the Palakkad – Dindigul BG Conversion project. It is to be noted that the Pollachi – Palani – Dindigul section is already opened for traffic and the Pollachi – Podanur section is under work in progress.