24-05-2025
Speed trial conducted on Peralam-Karaikal railway line
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Trichy: Southern Railway conducted a speed trial on the newly laid broad-gauge line between Peralam, Tiruvarur district, and Karaikal on Saturday following a two-day inspection.
With the speed trial, the 24-km line is closer to becoming operational after 40 years.
The trial train with an engine, a battery car, a third-class air-conditioned coach and an oscillation monitoring system coach started at the Karaikal station at 12.48pm and reached the Peralam station at 1.16pm. It reached a maximum speed of 120km
A M Chowdary, commissioner of railway safety (CRS), Southern Circle, Bengaluru, oversaw the trial.
He inspected the 16.4-km stretch between Peralam and Thirunallar on Friday and the 7.7-km stretch between Thirunallar and Karaikal on Saturday.
Chief administrative officer (construction) Sushil Kumar Maurya, chief engineer Ravi Kumar, chief signal engineer Sandeep Kumar, Trichy divisional railway manager M S Anbalagan and other senior officials also joined the inspection and the trial run.
Officials examined detailed diagrams and inspected limited-use subways (LUS), level crossing gates, track parameters, points and crossings, bridges, signalling system components, and other critical safety infrastructure.
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The rail service from Karaikal and Peralam was decommissioned in the mid-1980s when the line was at a meter-gauge configuration. The reconstruction work of the line to broad-gauge began in Feb 2020 at a cost of Rs 320 crore. The gauge conversion and electrification work has been completed recently. The stations in the stretch include Peralam, Ambagarattur, Pattakudi, Thirunallar, Karai-Kovilpatthu and Karaikal.
The new connection is expected to improve rail services in the region, promote economic development, and meet the growing transportation demands of locals.
