KOLLENGODE – THRISSUR Railway Line (59 k.m), the New GREEN CORRIDOR to be opened! Kollengode is a town (the erstwhile tiny princely state, now in the Palakkad Dist., Kerala) is having the rail connection with the Pollachi - Palghat M.G.Section. The train services in Dindigul-Pollachi-Podanur sections were terminated on 26th May, 2009, to commence the removal of old M.G.tracks. track is being removed prior to the earth work to be carried out. The services in the Pollachi- Kollengode-Palakkad section were terminated in December, 2008 and now the old M.G. 'Attappady Churam', 'Thamarassery Churam' etc. However, in North Kerala the term is mostly used to refer a steep route through hills, where there shall be hair pin bends and all - Eg. Hence it is open for debate.Īs per Malayalam, 'Churam' is a Mountain Pass (or a break in the continuity of the hills). There are many other mountain passes like this connecting Kerala & Tamil Nadu including the ones at Achancoil, Kumili, Bodimet and so on. (There is another Ghat cum Forest section at Kuthiran in Thrissur District on the Thrissur-Palghat route). The NH 47 also passes through the Walayar Ghat section. The railway line from Pal ghat to Coimbatore passes through a Ghat cum Forest section. There are no major hills between the Nelliyampathy Hills in the Nenmara / Kollengode region in the South to the Attappady Hills in the Mannarkkad / Walayar region in the North. The Walayar alias Palakkad churam is the broadest mountain pass in Kerala, havind a width of 32 km. The comes the Aryankave churam (near Punalur & Thenmala), which connects the Trivandrum/Quilon Districts with Tirunelveli District. The main mountain passes connecting Kerala & Tamil Nadu are:Īralvaimozhi ('AAruvaamozhi' in Malayalam), which connects Trivandrum/Kanyakumari Districts with the Tirunelveli District. Click to expand.Kerala is connected to Tamil Nadu only through Ghat section, as the Western Ghat separates both the states very clearly (except in the case of Trivandrum & Kanya Kumari Districts - but Kanya Kumari, being once a part of the Trivandrum District, is culturally & geographically similar to Trivandrum District).

Shortest rail route in india