Passengers boarding the Mangaluru Junction - Tirunelveli Weekly Express, in Mangaluru on Thursday
| Photo Credit: H. S. MANJUNATH
Patrons and passenger associations in Dakshina Kannada have urged the Railway Ministry to extend the Tirunelveli-Mangaluru Junction-Tirunelveli Weekly Express to Subrahmanya Road thereby connecting Subrahmanya Kshetras in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka.Extending the service to Subrahmanya Road would establish a unique and spiritually significant rail corridor connecting major temples dedicated to Lord Subrahmanya across South India. Pilgrims could have darshan of the serpent God starting from the famed Kukke Subrahmanya Temple in Dakshina Kannada district to the renowned Arulmigu Subramanya Swamy Temple in Tiruchendur covering Subrahmanya temples in Kasargod, Kannur, Palani (Murugan Temple) and many more, said DK District Rail, an online forum of train patrons in Dakshina Kannada.Introduced on March 11, the service has already become an important link between southern Tamil Nadu and coastal Karnataka, serving thousands of passengers travelling for pilgrimage, education, employment, tourism and medical purposes.Connecting hinterlands
DK District Rail, an online forum of railway patrons has urged the Railway Ministry to extend Train No. 16708/707 Tirunelveli - Mangaluru Junction -Tirunelveli Weekly Express till Subrahmanya Road in Dakshina Kannada district.
