Railway Board has accepted the recommendation made by the Southern Railway to expand train tracks in Tamil Nadu for 575 kms. 

It has asked Southern Railway to make survey in 5 sections and submit Detailed Project Reports. 

Sharing the details of the final location survey, B. Guganesan, Chief Public Relations Officer of Southern Railway, said the project included doubling of tracks from Jolarpettai to Coimbatore (282 km), Coimbatore to Shoranur (99 km), Thanjavur junction to Thiruvarur junction (96 km), Arakkonam to Renigunta (68 km), and the execution of fourth line between Tambaram and Chengalpattu (31 km). He said the Railway Board, in a communication sent on May 4, allotted ₹11.52 crore for the work. 

The expansion of the five routes would help in segregating freight trains and facilitate additional operation of long- distance trains.

 

The Hindu said that as per railway officials, while the work on the Jolarpet-Coimbatore route would help in the operation of more long distance trains from Chennai and other States, the doubling project of third and fourth lines of the Coimbatore-Shoranur section would pave the way for more train services from Kerala to the southern parts of the State.