Train Service: The earlier connecting trains from Thoothukudi to Coimbatore and Chennai during the day were stopped during the Corona period. After that the train service did not start. Due to this, rail passengers and business associations were constantly demanding that train services should be provided to various cities.
As a result, the Railway Board approved the operation of a new train from Thoothukudi to Mettupalayam via Coimbatore twice a week. But even after 3 years, this train did not run, so the railway passengers faced great disappointment.
Due to this, various organizations and political parties, including the District Passenger Welfare Association, Trade Industry Associations, have been insisting that this train service should be brought quickly. Meanwhile, the Tuticorin-Mettupalayam twice-weekly express train service will start today (July-19).
L. Murugan, Joint Minister of Parliamentary Affairs will attend the inauguration ceremony at Mettupalayam railway station at 10 am and wave the green flag to inaugurate the new train service.
This train service departs from Thoothukudi at 10.50 pm on two days of the week, Thursday and Saturday, and reaches Mettupalayam at 7.40 am the next day. Similarly, it has been informed that it will leave Mettupalayam at 7.35 pm on Friday and Sunday and reach Thoothukudi at 4.20 am the next day.
Similarly, this train service will stop at the major railway stations of Kovilpatti, Chatur, Virudhunagar, Madurai, Dindigul, Ottanchatram, Palani, Udumalaipet, Pollachi, Kinathukkadavu and Coimbatore. Thus, the people of Thoothukudi district are very happy as the Thoothukudi-Mettupalayam Express train service is about to resume.
