There is a growing demand for the reinstatement of popular train services on the Punalur-Sengottai route, which was converted from meter gauge to broad gauge. Prior to the conversion, several train services operated on this route, including Kollam to Tirunelveli and back, Kollam-Nagore, Kollam-Coimbatore, Kollam-Sengottai-Madurai, and Chennai-Kollam. Despite the completion of...
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electrification, local train services remain limited. Commuters are requesting the reinstatement of the Kollam-Tirunelveli service (06:20 am) and the Tirunelveli-Kollam service (07:00 am). They also want the Velankanni-Ernakulam service, which currently operates twice a week, to be made daily. Additionally, the Kollam-Coimbatore service should be extended to Bangalore and resumed. Students traveling to Bengaluru require a train service from Kollam or Virudhunagar, making a Bengaluru-bound train service essential. Passengers are also requesting that the temporary stops at Thenmala and Tindivanam in Tamil Nadu be made permanent. The Kochuveli-Tambaram service is currently suspended temporarily.