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Talaimannar train service to resume soon:
Linking India again by rail
Sunday, 26 October 2014, By Ranil Wijayapala
It was exactly a century ago during the British colonial period, on February 24, 1914 that Ceylon (Sri Lanka) created historic relations with neighbouring India by constructing a railway line up to Talaimannar to connect the train services of India and Sri Lanka via a ferry service. The relationship that was created centuries ago however ground to a halt due to LTTE terror that engulfed the entire North in 1984.
The increased terror activities by the LTTE made Mannar a distant location even for the locals in the early 1990s when terrorists blasted the Mannar railway bridge and the others along the Medawachchiya - Talaimannar line, resulting in a train journey to Mannar a pipe dream for the Southerners.
The decades-long infrastructural damage caused by the LTTE terror made the areas in the North inaccessible to many locals as they thought it was a difficult task to reach those destinations. However, five years after ending the humanitarian operation many of those hopes are blossoming into reality as many destroyed infrastructure were being restored by the Government.
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The entire stretch of Medawachchiya - Talaimannar line spanning 106 kilometres was first opened in 1914 and runs up to at the Talaimannar Pier. The train service on the rail line was stopped in 1990 after LTTE blasted the Mannar bridge in June 1990.
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There are 11 railway stations including Neriyakulam, Chettikulam, Madu Road, Murunkan, Mathottam, Thirukeshwaram, Mannar, Thondawil, Pesalai, Talaimannar and Talaimannar Pier along the Talaimannar line from Medawachchiya.
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Three major bridges have been constructed to facilitate the project and there will be a 100 foot three span bridge, and a 100 foot two span bridge.
The Talaimannar pier is 960 feet in length. Five crossing stations and three sub-stations will be set up between Madhu Road and Talaimannar.
The five main stations will be Murunkan, Mannar, Pesalai, Talaimannar and the Taliamannar Pier. The other three halts are located at Manthottam, Thiruketheeswaram and Thoddaweli.
Although the track has a design speed of 120 kilometres per hour, normally a train can run at a speed of 100 kilometres per hour.
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Quelle und vollständiger Artikel: www.sundayobserver.lk
Linking India again by rail
Sunday, 26 October 2014, By Ranil Wijayapala
It was exactly a century ago during the British colonial period, on February 24, 1914 that Ceylon (Sri Lanka) created historic relations with neighbouring India by constructing a railway line up to Talaimannar to connect the train services of India and Sri Lanka via a ferry service. The relationship that was created centuries ago however ground to a halt due to LTTE terror that engulfed the entire North in 1984.
The increased terror activities by the LTTE made Mannar a distant location even for the locals in the early 1990s when terrorists blasted the Mannar railway bridge and the others along the Medawachchiya - Talaimannar line, resulting in a train journey to Mannar a pipe dream for the Southerners.
The decades-long infrastructural damage caused by the LTTE terror made the areas in the North inaccessible to many locals as they thought it was a difficult task to reach those destinations. However, five years after ending the humanitarian operation many of those hopes are blossoming into reality as many destroyed infrastructure were being restored by the Government.
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The entire stretch of Medawachchiya - Talaimannar line spanning 106 kilometres was first opened in 1914 and runs up to at the Talaimannar Pier. The train service on the rail line was stopped in 1990 after LTTE blasted the Mannar bridge in June 1990.
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There are 11 railway stations including Neriyakulam, Chettikulam, Madu Road, Murunkan, Mathottam, Thirukeshwaram, Mannar, Thondawil, Pesalai, Talaimannar and Talaimannar Pier along the Talaimannar line from Medawachchiya.
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Three major bridges have been constructed to facilitate the project and there will be a 100 foot three span bridge, and a 100 foot two span bridge.
The Talaimannar pier is 960 feet in length. Five crossing stations and three sub-stations will be set up between Madhu Road and Talaimannar.
The five main stations will be Murunkan, Mannar, Pesalai, Talaimannar and the Taliamannar Pier. The other three halts are located at Manthottam, Thiruketheeswaram and Thoddaweli.
Although the track has a design speed of 120 kilometres per hour, normally a train can run at a speed of 100 kilometres per hour.
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Quelle und vollständiger Artikel: www.sundayobserver.lk
und oben den 5 Uhr Tee trinken bei toller Aussicht.
. Ich finde es bei uns hier immer so schön, wenn alte Bahnposten renoviert werden.
