Английская Википедия:Chord Line, Tamil Nadu
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Indian English Шаблон:Infobox rail line The Chord Line connects Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws, via Шаблон:Rws in Tamil Nadu. It is the vital, shortest and busiest route connecting Шаблон:Rws and Southern Tamil Nadu.
History
Until 1927, Шаблон:Rws and Шаблон:Rws were only connected by Main line that traversed through Kumbakonam and Mayavaram, which was Шаблон:Convert. Hence, the need for shorter route arose and construction began on 22 August 1927 for a new railway line via Шаблон:Rws in phases. Initially, the stretch between Шаблон:Rws and Virudhachalam were completed and opened on 1 December 1927, the Srirangam - Шаблон:Rws stretch on 22 August 1927, Bikshandarkoil - Srirangam stretch on 12 December 1927 and the entire stretch began its operations since 1 February 1929. This line gradually reduced the Madras - Colombo journey by around four hours.[1]
Gauge conversions
The conversion from metre gauge to broad gauge was effected during 1992-93 and completed during September 1998.[2]
Electrification
This stretch was proposed for electrification phase by phase by CORE. The electrification was completed during 2010.[3]
Operations
Passenger services
The line experiences a heaviest traffic[4] handling about 30 passenger and 56 express trains passing through every day in addition to goods train, particularly during night.[5][6][7]
Freight services
The line has a number of Industrial establishments[8] which utilises their nearby railway stations for their logistics and transports such as Central Workshop (Golden Rock), Cement and gypsum factories at Trichy, Perambalur and Ariyalur,[9][10][11] and the Sugar factories at Villupuram and Vridhachalam,[12]
References
External links
Шаблон:Railways in Southern India
