Southern Railway has increased the sectional speed of the Villupuram-Thanjavur mainline section via Mayiladuthurai to 110 kmph. The mainline section covering important towns en route such as Cuddalore, Chidambaram, Sirkazhi, Vaitheeswaran Koil, Mayiladuthurai, and Kumbakonam is one of the major electrified stretches falling under the limits of the Tiruchi Railway Division.
Several express and inter-State express trains run on this passenger-centric busy section every day.
A communication from the Southern Railway headquarters was sent a few days ago to the Tiruchi Railway Divisional authorities intimating the increase in the sectional speed of the 175-km Villupuram-Thanjavur single line section from the existing maximum permissible speed of 100 kmph to the revised 110 kmph.
