The services of the second pair of Madurai-Rameswaram-Madurai Unreserved Express resumed here on Monday.
Passengers expressed happiness over the resumption of train service that was stopped due to COVID-19 in March 2020. Train no. 06651 will leave Madurai at 6.35 am and will reach Rameswaram at 10.15 am in the return direction by Train No. 06656 will leave Rameswaram at 6.05 pm and reach Madurai at 9.55 pm
A businessman from Madurai, S. Janarthanam, who travels frequently on this section, was happy to travel in the service that was resumed. “I often travel to Ramanathapuram and prefer bus travel by train as it is cheap and comfortable. Also, it is easy to carry extra luggage in trains,” he said.
Also, one need not take two buses – first to Mattuthavani and then to Ramanathapuram, he said. However, he added that if the train timings are extended, it will help people reach Madurai earlier.
These trains will stop at Madurai East, Sileman, Tiruppuvanam, Tiruppachetti, Rajagambiram, Manamadurai, Sudiyur, Paramakudi, Satthirakudi, Ramanathapuram, Valantravai, Uchipuli, Mandapam Camp, Mandapam and Pamban.