Murals in Palakkad Junction railway station

The Palakkad–Pollachi line is a railway line between

Palakkad Palakkad (), Renaming of cities in India, also known as Palghat, historically known as Palakkattussery, is a city and a municipality in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kerala. It is the administrative headquarters of P ...

and

Pollachi Pollachi is a town and municipality in Coimbatore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Pollachi taluk. It is situated near the center of the South Indian Peninsula, surrounded by Western Gha ...

in the states of

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

and

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

, India.

Status

The line was functioning completely between Palakkad Junction and Palakkad Town. The section of the line between Palakkad Town and Pollachi completed safety testing on 2 October 2015. The safety inspection that followed conversion of the track was completed on 7 October 2015. The line was approved for passenger train services by the Commissioner of Railway Safety on 8 October 2015. Traffic will be greatly affected in Palakkad and neighboring towns when the rail line is reopened. Because there will be many trains using the route, more overpasses will need to be built. On 25 October, a load tolerance test was conducted with a train with 42 wagons carrying 3,720 tonnes of fertiliser and goods services resumed. Passenger services resumed on 16 November.

Gauge

As of 2015, the Palakkad–Pollachi line is a

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , more known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union countries ...

railway line. Before the conversion which was completed in April 2015, the line was formerly partly 1676 mm-gauge (Palakkad Junction to Palakkad Town) and partly , between Palakkad Junction and Pollachi Junction.

Rolling stock

Rolling stock : *

WAP-1 The Indian locomotive class WAP-1 was a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1980 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) ...

WAP-4 The Indian locomotive class WAP-4 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1993 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), AC Current (A), Passenger traffic (P) l ...

WAG-7 The Indian locomotive class WAG-7 is a class of 25 kV AC electric locomotives that was developed in 1990 by Chittaranjan Locomotive Works for Indian Railways. The model name stands for broad gauge (W), alternating current (A), goods traffic ( ...

*WAP -7 *WAG 9 *WAG 12B * WAG 7&WAG 5HA Historic rolling stock: *

YDM-4 The YDM-4 is a class of diesel locomotives operating on Indian Railways. The first units were built by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) in 1961. Since 1968, members of the class have been manufactured in India by the Banaras Locomotive Wo ...

(1983-2009) * WDP 4D(2019-2022) * WDG 3A(2019-2021) * WDM 2(2017-2019) * WDG 4 (2015-2020) * WDM 3A.(from 2016-2021) * WDP 3A (until 24 September 2021)

Stations

* * * * * * *Minatchipuram * Annamalai Road ( S.G. Pudur) *

Image gallery

File:Muthalamada, Palakkad.jpg, Muthalamada File:A village on the Railway Line from Palakkad to Pollachi.jpg, A village on Pollachi line File:Pollachi, Tamilnadu state, India.jpg, At a level crossing File:Pudunagaram, Palakkad District, Kerala, India.jpg, Pudunagaram File:Pollachi junction station name board.jpg, Pollachi junction

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Palakkad-Pollachi line 5 ft 6 in gauge railways in India * 1898 establishments in India Railway lines opened in 1898