| The Mangalore-Lokamanya Tilak Terminus (Mumbai, | | | | Work on the Salem-Namakkal-Karur broadgauge line, |
| train no. 2620) will leave here at 12.50 p.m. instead of | | | | a link for southern districts with western Tamil Nadu, |
| 2.40 p.m. from June 15 as the monsoon train timings | | | | is progressing fast. The project, initiated in 1996-97, |
| come into effect from that day. | | | | was mired in legal wrangles related to land acquisition |
| Trains on certain sections run below their normal | | | | and other issues before it took off three years ago. |
| speed during monsoon, between June 15 and | | | | With DMK in the State and PMK at the Centre and a |
| October 31, as a safety measure. | | | | goodwill between them, the project then received a |
| A Southern Indian Railway Okha-Ernakulam bi-weekly | | | | fillip and a steady flow of funds. The legal issues of |
| express (train no. 6337/6338) will be partially | | | | land attachment were sorted out thanks to the |
| withdrawn between Hapa-Okha-Hapa during monsoon | | | | efforts of the then Union Minister of State for |
| while Ernakulam-Nizamuddin Mangala Express (no. | | | | Railways R. Velu. |
| 2617) will leave the originating station at 10.45 a.m. | | | | A senior official with the Salem Railway Division said |
| instead of 1.05 p.m. The departure timings of this | | | | almost 80 per cent of earth works had been |
| train at some key-stations are as follows: Shoranur | | | | completed in the 85-km-long project being executed |
| (1.05 p.m.), Calicut (3.05 p.m.), Kannur 4.55 p.m., and | | | | in two phases – Salem-Namakkal and |
| Mangalore junction 7.45 p.m. | | | | Namakkal-Karur. |
| The Mangalore-Verna Passenger (train no. KR2), | | | | Works on many culverts, bridges and rail overbridges |
| scheduled to leave here at 06.25 a.m. will leave five | | | | are on the verge of completion. Work on the Vangal |
| minutes early during monsoon. | | | | bridge across river Cauvery, near Karur, is on. Similarly |
| The following trains will leave Mangalore Junction five | | | | the massive overbridges on Trichy Road in Namakkal |
| minutes late (at 5.10 a.m. instead of 5.05 a.m.): | | | | town, Senthamangalam and also one near Mohanur |
| Kochuveli-Bikaner weekly Express (train no. 6312), | | | | are nearing completion. |
| Nagercoil-Gandhidham weekly Express (6336), | | | | Buildings for stations in Rasipuram, Namakkal and |
| Ernankulam-Okha Bi-weekly Express (6338), and | | | | Mohanur are yet to be completed. There are six |
| Ernakulam-Ajmer Marusagar weekly Express (2977). | | | | major bridges, including the 800-metre long Vangal |
| According to a Konkan Railway press release, there | | | | bridge, 12 minor bridges, 25 rail overbridges and |
| may be slight variation in these timings due to | | | | underbridges on this 85-kilometre stretch. Railway |
| introduction of All India Time Table from July 1. | | | | sources said traffic between the Salem and Namakkal |
| About Karur railway work progressing | | | | sector would be possible next year. |