indian railway network connects about 658 stations.
indian railway network connects about 658 stations.
indian railway network connects about how many stations?
658
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tamil nadu has a well-developed rail network as part of southern railway. headquartered at chennai, the southern railway network extends over a large area of india's southern peninsula, covering the states of tamil nadu, kerala, puducherry, a small portion of karnataka and a small portion of andhra pradesh. express trains connect the state capital chennai with mumbai, delhi and kolkata. puratchi thalaivar dr. m.g. ramachandran central railway station is gateway for trains towards the north whereas chennai egmore serves as the gateway for the south. tamil nadu has a total railway track length of and there are 532 railway stations in the state. the network connects the state with most major cities in india. the nilgiri mountain railway (part of the mountain railways of india) is one of the unesco world heritage site connecting ooty on the hills and mettupalayam in the foot hills which is in turn connected to coimbatore. the centenary old pamban bridge over sea connecting rameswaram in pamban island to mainland is an engineering marvel. it is one of the oldest cantilever bridges still in operation, the double-leaf bascule bridge section can be raised to let boats and small ships pass through palk strait in indian ocean. the government of tamil nadu created a special purpose vehicle (spv) for implementing the chennai metro rail project. this spv named as “chennai metro rail limited” was incorporated on 3 december 2007 under the companies act. it has now been converted into a joint venture of government of india and government of tamil nadu with equal equity holding. chennai has a well-established suburban railway network and is constructing a chennai metro with phase1 operational since july 2015 . major railway junctions( 4 and above lines ) in the state are chennai, coimbatore, katpadi, madurai, salem, erode, dindigul, karur, nagercoil, tiruchirapalli and tirunelveli. puratchi thalaivar dr. m.g. ramachandran central railway station, madurai junction, katpadi junction, chennai egmore, salem junction, tiruchirappalli junction, coimbatore junction are upgraded to a1 grade level. loco sheds are located at erode, arakkonam, royapuram in chennai and tondaiyarpet in chennai, ponmalai (goc) in tiruchirappalli as diesel loco shed. the loco shed at erode is a huge composite electric and diesel loco shed. mrts which covers from chennai beach to velachery, and metro rail also running between alandur and koyambedu station.
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