It leaves Palakkad Town station and goes to Palakkad Junction (Olavakkode) and there it takes an hour in changing the engine, reversing, etc. The only active train, (broad gauge train), Amrita Express to Thiruvananthapuram (started by O Rajagopal of BJP when he was the Minister of State of Railways in Bajpayee government) now leaves every day from here. However, l believe that trains towards Tamil Nadu (through Pollachi) has been suspended for the past two years (or more) because of the gauge conversion from meter gauge to broad gauge, being carried out on the route. AP: Red sanders logs worth Rs 1.Palakkad Town is a terminal station from where mostly metre gauge trains used to go to not far away places like, Palani, Madurai, Rameswaram, Nilambur, Shoranur etc.DMK lodges complaint against AIADMK men.The association, in its letter, said lack of digital display of train departure and arrival details, digital train coach position indicators, CCTV cameras and maintenance of RO water plants on platforms, toilets and platform floors would tell the sorry state of Pollachi railway section. “This causes a lot of administrative issues in operating additional trains or restoring meter gauge trains on Podanur-Pollachi-Palani-Madurai section,” Mohan Raj said. In short, the 22km stretch of railway line comes under the jurisdiction of three railway divisions. Pollachi-Kinathukadavu route falls under Palakkad division and the Salem division begins a few kilometres after Kinathukadavu towards Podanur-Coimbatore. B Mohan Raj, secretary, Pollachi Train Passengers’ Welfare Association, said, “Not a single express train was operated on Podanur-Kinathukadavu-Pollachi route for the past four years, despite spending crores of rupees on broad gauge conversion of Podanur-Pollachi-Dindigul section.” Presently, Madurai division begins 1km east of Pollachi junction towards Palani. Shanmugasundaram has attached a letter from the Pollachi Train Passengers’ Welfare Association along with his letter to the minister. After the creation of Salem division, the MP said, the two routes were handed over to Palakkad division.
During the period, he said, many express and passenger trains were operating between Coimbatore and south Tamil Nadu via Pollachi and Palani, catering to the needs of southern and western parts of the state.
Before the creation of Salem division, the MP said, Pollachi-Kinathukadavu-Podanur and Pollachi-Meenatchipuram-Palakkad Town routes were with Madurai railway division. Pointing out that Pollachi section was deprived of train services and railway stations lacked basic amenities, he attributed the same to the stepmotherly treatment extended by Palakkad railway division. Coimbatore: Pollachi MP K Shanmugasundaram has shot off a letter to Union railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday, demanding reallocation of Pollachi railway section to Madurai railway division from Palakkad division.
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