Tirchendur somewhat away from Madurai is a pilgrim centre. Is this place connected by train services? If so what are the trains?
2006-08-28 19:22:20 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ India ➔ Delhi and NCR
The Minister of State for Railways, R. Velu, has announced that a train service between Tiruchendur and Madurai or Chennai would be introduced if a feasibility study to be conducted in this connection favoured it.
Multi media campaign
Addressing the 4-day multi-media campaign commenced at Centenary Hall, Palayamkottai on Saturday, Mr. Velu said that he would inspect the ongoing metre gauge conversion between Tiruchendur and Tirunelveli on Sunday and take a final decision on the proposed train service after holding discussion with the officials concerned.
He said allocation of funds would be made for the gauge conversion between Tenkasi and Shencottai, "as the UPA Government at the Centre was keen on converting all metre gauges into broad gauge, particularly the metre gauge routes in Tamil Nadu, during its tenure".
Listing out the achievements of the Ministry of Railways after Mr. Manmohan Singh assumed office as Prime Minister, Mr. Velu said the Rameswaram rail bridge would be strengthened at the cost of Rs. 50 crore.
He said that his Ministry was prepared to approve the projects sent by the State Government.
The Minister released the souvenir of the multi-media campaign and former MP, S. Peter Alphonse, received the first copy.
Over 42 stalls have been set-up by banks, insurance companies, Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Southern Railways, Ministry of Defence, National Highways Authority of India and other Central Government agencies.
2006-08-30 04:50:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tiruchendur is connected (indirectly) to Chennai by Nellai Express. You have to get down at Tirunelveli and take the passenger train to Tiruchendur. The passenger train timings are in sink with Nellai express.
Or, there are 4 or 5 trains to Tirunelveli from Chennai. Take one of them and travel to Tiruchendur by Bus. Its just an 1.5 hrs journey.
2006-08-29 08:07:21 · answer #2 · answered by Ram 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Reach -
By Air: Directly linked to the major cities.
By Rail: Connected with Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Bombay, Calcutta, Cochin, Coimbatore, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kodai Road, Lucknow, Madurai, Mangalore, Ooty, Rameshwaram, Trichy, Tirupati Trivandrum and Varanasi.
By Road: Bombay- 1329 kms, Bangalore- 334 kms, Hyderabad- 669 kms, Kanyakumari- 693 kms, Madurai- 461 kms, Mahabalipuram- 60 kms,
2006-08-28 19:27:09 · answer #3 · answered by fanatic000 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no it is not connected by train u have to go first to tirunelveli junction and from there u have to change the tain for tiruchendur by passanger train no 737 sr. dep from tirunelveli 13.20 arrival tiruchandur 15.15and another train no 739 sr dep tirunelveli 18.20 arrival 20.25 tiruchandur. for further detail u can contact me at grbissa@yahoo.co.in
2006-08-29 19:22:57 · answer #4 · answered by Giriraj Bissa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
train is avaiable from TIRUNELVELI JN only.
if you want to go catch up to TIRUNELVELI JN. and from TIRUNELVELI JN you can go by bus or train just 75 kms only.
Only passanger Train are avaiable, timing are 07.05,9.30,13.20&18.20.
2006-08-28 19:46:35 · answer #5 · answered by raajha2004 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.indianrail.gov.in/
2006-08-29 16:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by mralokkp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋