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Saurabh • A Railfan 🇮🇳
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Magical Madurai-Bodi Rail Route!! Railways in this region of Tamilnadu, India came in existence somewhere in 1909, Teni got its first railway line in the form of a light railways but 6 year later in 1915 the line was closed due to World war 1, Later in 1928 Madurai-Bodi narrow guage section was commissioned which again got closed in 1942 during World War 2 and tracks were uprooted, Post independence the route was laid back somewhere in 1953 but this time it was a meter gauge network which served this region for the next 58 yrs and as a part of gauge unification the line was finally closed in 2011 for gauge conversion , After years of delay, the first phase i.e Madurai-Teni opened for public in 2020 and further Bodinayakkanur was back on Indian Railways map after almost 13 years in June 2023. I made my first visit to this section few days back to explore the beauty of this Branch line, With only 1 daily & 1 triweekly train one got very limited options but the beauty of this line compensate for that :) Sharing few frame from my visit 1: 20601 MGR Chennai Central-Bodi Tri weekly Express takes a beautiful curve surrounded by western ghats 2: 06701 Madurai-Bodi Express curving towards its next stop i.e Andipatti 3: Less trains effect, Satisfy yourselves with just the tracks :) 4: 20601 Again moments before taking the curve in 1st pic 5: A wider frame of 06701 Madurai-Bodi Express as it gets closer 6: And 06701 Madurai-Bodi Express heads towards Andipatti 7: Hello There 👋 Shot On: Sony A6400 18-135 Lens Special Thanks to @santhosh20005 & @msrailfans for guiding me to this beautiful location #trainsofindia #indianrailways #madurai #tamilnadu #trains #hills #incredibleindia #mountains #railways #windowseatproject #tamilnadutourism @railminindia @southern_railways @incredibleindia