Two additional railway stations sanctioned to improve operational efficiency on Madurai-Sengottai section
Southern Railway is adding two new stations on the Virudhunagar-Tenkasi section to improve train movement and reduce delays. The move aims to break up long block sections that currently cause significant detention for passenger trains.
Why it matters
Infrastructure improvements on single-line sections are essential for enhancing operational efficiency and passenger satisfaction in regional rail networks.
Southern Railway has sanctioned two additional railway stations on Virudhunagar-Tenkasi section for increasing operational efficiency on this single line section.
New stations would come up at Cholapuram and Karivalamvanthanallur, thus breaking the longest block section of Southern Railway between Rajapalayam and Sankarankoil railway stations.
“With no provisions for crossings for 32-long km due to absence of mid-way stations on this single line section, one of the trains running on opposite directions has to suffer detention for longer duration,” a railway official said. This handicap is affecting operational efficiency of Madurai railway division.
Earlier, during metre gauge operation, the two stations at Karivalamvandanallur and Cholapuram were functioning and those stations allowed smoother crossing of trains, a locopilot said.
However, those railway stations were removed during gauge conversion of Virudhunagar-Sengottai section two decades back.
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