Rail Users' Association there has further stepped up its initiatives for restoring the past services of the station. After much lobbying, Podanur station is to be provided with a lift, escalator and coach display boards under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme.
Coimbatore: One of the oldest railway stations in Tamil Nadu, Podanur station that completed 160 years of existence last year, has gone off the radar of the Railway Board for unknown reasons.
Having brought about stoppage of Tirunelveli-Mettupalayam weekly special train at Podanur station through intense lobbying, the Rail Users' Association there has further stepped up its initiatives for restoring the past services of the station. There is, at long last, some cause for cheer as the Podanur station is to be provided with a lift, escalator and coach display boards under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme.
But then, a sense of disappointment continues to persist among the travelling public as the long-time demand for stoppage of Kannur - Yeshwantpur and Ernakulam Karaikal express trains has not been addressed. The rail users association has been pressing hard for restoration of all trains to southern districts, including Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin that were operated from Coimbatore on MG track prior to conversion, with stoppage in Podanur station.
The right kind of political support for public cause transcending party considerations has not measured up to the required levels in Tamil Nadu.
Thankfully, the bus services between Podanur station and Gandhipuram was restored by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation last month after the association highlighted the plight of the residents.
The bus services to the station were skipped ear- lier due to the poor condition of the road between Podanur and Kurichipurivu
Having brought about stoppage of Tirunelveli-Mettupalayam weekly special train at Podanur station through intense lobbying, the Rail Users' Association there has further stepped up its initiatives for restoring the past services of the station. There is, at long last, some cause for cheer as the Podanur station is to be provided with a lift, escalator and coach display boards under the Amrit Bharat Station scheme.
But then, a sense of disappointment continues to persist among the travelling public as the long-time demand for stoppage of Kannur - Yeshwantpur and Ernakulam Karaikal express trains has not been addressed. The rail users association has been pressing hard for restoration of all trains to southern districts, including Ramanathapuram and Tuticorin that were operated from Coimbatore on MG track prior to conversion, with stoppage in Podanur station.
The right kind of political support for public cause transcending party considerations has not measured up to the required levels in Tamil Nadu.
Thankfully, the bus services between Podanur station and Gandhipuram was restored by the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation last month after the association highlighted the plight of the residents.
The bus services to the station were skipped ear- lier due to the poor condition of the road between Podanur and Kurichipurivu